1412.  This alludes to the sports of Krishna in the groves of Vrinda with the rustic children who were his companions.

1413.  The sacred stream of the Ganges, issuing out of Vishnu’s feet, is held by Brahman in his Kamandalu or jar.  Thence it issues out, and coursing through the heavens fall down on the head of Siva, for Siva alone is mighty enough to bear that fall.  The matted locks of Siva bear the mark of the fall.  This six well-known acts here referred to are Yajana, Yajana, Adhyayana, Adhyapana, Dana, and Pratigraha (i.e., performing sacrifices, assisting at the sacrifices of others, studying, teaching, making gifts, and accepting gifts).  The three acts in which Siva is engaged are Yajana, Adhyayana, and Dana (i.e., the first, the third, and the fifth in the above enumeration).

1414.  The commentator explains that by Sankhya the speaker means ’the propounder of the sceptical philosophy.’  By Sankhya-mukhya which I render, ‘the foremost of Sankhyas’ is meant ’follower of the theistic philosophy of Patanjala.’  By Sankhya-yoga is meant both Vedanta and Yoga.

1415.  ‘That hast a car and that hast no car’ means, as the commentator explains, ’capable of coursing, without obstruction, through Water, Fire, Wind, and Space.’

1416.  Isana is ‘much desired’ or ‘much coveted by all persons.’

1417. i.e., thou createst and destroyest these repeatedly or settest them in motion.

1418.  These are syllables with all singers of the Samans utter for lengthening short words in order to keep up the metre.

1419. i.e., He who is adored in these hymns is thyself and no other.

1420.  These are the ten colours known to the Rishis.

1421.  Lohitantargata-drishtih is explained by the commentator as Lohita antargata cha drishtirasya.  By ‘red eyes’ is, of course, meant eyes of the colour of the lotus.  By ‘eyes turned inwards’ is meant one whose gaze is upon his soul, i.e., one who is engaged in Samadhi.

1422.  Chalachalah is explained as exceedingly chalah or swift.  Achalah is nasti chalo yasmat; hence chaleshu (api) achalah is swift amongst the swift, or swifter than the swiftest.

1423.  The great god is a fish wandering in the waters, i.e., as Jiva wanders in space; he is a fish in the net, i.e., as Jiva, invested with Darkness or Illusion, is obliged to take birth.

1424.  Meghakala is the time when clouds appear, i.e., the time of the universal deluge.  Samvartaka and Valahaka are the two clouds that appear on the occasion of the universal destruction.

1425.  Mili-Mili is explained by the commentator differently.  According to him, one connected with all things as cause is Mili.  It is duplicated to show that Siva is always so.  I prefer taking the word as meaning ’cause of causes.’  ‘The bearer of Danda, with, again, a bald head’ is a Paramahansa, i.e., one who has renounced the world and its ways.