h to this day is regarded as
highly sacred and draws numerous pilgrims from all parts of India. The
word is used to signify the Soul. It is fathomless in consequence of
nobody being able to discover its origin. It is pure and stainless by
nature. It is represented here as having Truth for its waters and the
Understanding for its lake. Probably, what is meant by this is that the
Understanding, containing the waters of Truth, forms a part of this
Tirtha as the lakes of Pushkara form a part of the Tirtha called by that
name.

503. Once freed from the idea of meum implies him who identifies himself
with all creatures; him, that is, in whom the idea of self has been
extinguished.

504. Such a man, through the merit he acquires, causes his deceased
ancestors and descendants to be freed from every kind of misery in the
next world.

505. In the Naramedha, a human being was offered up as the sacrifice.

506. The sense seems to be this: One that is not possessed of much
learning is liable to do improper acts. These acts are all done for
another, viz., one's body and the senses and not oneself. The para here
is, the Not-self.

507. Nichayam is, as explained by the commentator Avasthitim.

508. The sense is that when these leave the body, they are accompanied by
Righteousness.

509. Intermediate, i.e., between deities and human beings; hence, animals
and birds.

510. Brahma-Rakshasa is a Rakshasa that belongs, like Ravana and others,
by birth to the regenerate order.

511. Masha is Phaseolus Roxburghii, Kulatta is Dolichos biflosus, Roxb.
Kalaya is Pisum Sativum, Linn. Mudga is Phaseolus Mango, Linn. Atasi is
Linum usitattisimam, Linn.

512. A Kanka is a bird of prey.

513. He is repeatedly struck with the clubs and hammers and mallets. He
is frequently impaled. He is confined with fiery vessels. He is dragged
with forests of sword-blades. He is made to walk over heated sand. He is
rubbed against thorny Salmalis. The Salmali is the Bombox Malabaricum.

514. The commentator explains that Nishpava means Rajamasha which is a
kind of bears. It is the Dolichas catjung. Halagolaka is a long-tailed
worm.

515. A Krikara is a kind of partridge. It is spelt also as Krikala or
Krikana. A Vartaka is a sort of quail.

516. Tailapayin is, literally, one that drinks oil. That name is applied
to a cockroach.

517. Vyathitah and vyadhitah are the correct readings.

518. That day is sterile or lost in which no gift is made of