1813. i.e., when they have cursed thee, their curse should fructify.  Thou shouldst not do anything that may have the effect of nullifying that curse.

1814.  To this day, in many religious rites, these streaks of ghee are poured with mantras recited the while.  They are called Vasudhara and are poured along the surface of a wall.  First, a waving line of red is drawn horizontally on the wall.  Then seven spots are made under that line.  Then with the sacrificial ladle, Ghee is poured from each of the spots in such a way that a thick streak is poured along the wall.  The length of those streaks is generally 3 to 4 feet and their breadth about half an inch.

1815.  The mantras recited by Vasu were Vedic mantras.

1816.  The Burdwan translator, as also K. P. Singha, both err in translating the first line of this verse.  It does not mean that Narada worshipped them with a bend of his head and that they in return worshipped him mentally.

1817.  In the sense of His being unmodified, even as space is an entity that cannot be modified in any way.

1818. i.e., as the commentator expands, who is displayed without any modification, all else being modifications of Thyself.

1819. i.e., from whom speech has flowed, or who is Vrihaspati the celestial priest, so famous for his learning and intelligence.

1820. i.e., the original home of the universe.  The idea is that when the universal dissolution comes, all things take refuge in thee.  I follow the commentator in all the interpretations he gives.

1821. i.e., who has performed the avabhrita or final bath upon the completion of all vows and observances and sacrifices.

1822. i.e., thou hast performed sacrifices.

1823.  The Vedas have six limbs or divisions.

1824.  Pragjyotish is the name of a particular Saman.  The Rich beginning with Murdhanam etc. when sung, comes to be called by the name of jeshtha Saman.  What is said hare, therefore, is that thou art both the foremost of Samanas and he that sings that Saman.

1825.  In the Bombay text, the reading for Vainagarbha is Vaikhanasa which means a class or sect of ascetics.

1826.  The commentator explains that by Mahayajna—­great sacrifice—­is meant Yoga.  The Jiva-Soul is like the libation poured in the sacrifice, for by Yoga the Jiva-Soul is annihilated and merged into the Supreme Soul.

1827.  In treatises on the Smriti, the indications of these three kinds or degrees of modifications are given.

1828.  By this word is meant a particular conjunction of heavenly bodies.  This con-junction is represented as having a peculiar form.

1829.  The word Upanaha used here in the dual number, has puzzled many persons.  It is difficult to conceive why the great God should appear with a pair of shoes in one of his hands.  Probably, the Upanaha, in ancient times, was a wooden sandal, and what the poet means to say is that Narayana, appeared with all the requisites of a Brahmacharin on his person.