34, 35.] [Footnote 29: p.7.l.5._Them salutes the cloud-compeller_.
'Maghavan' is by some explained 'the cloudy.' I have adopted the word used by the translators of Homer.] [Footnote 30: p.7.l.12._Theirs this everlasting kingdom_.
Kshetriyas, or warriors, slain in battle, are transported to Swerga, the heaven of Indra, by the Apsarasas or nymphs of heaven: hence they are his "ever-honoured guests." "Those rulers of the earth, who, desirous of defeating each other, exert their utmost strength in battle, without ever averting their faces, ascend after death directly to heaven." MENU, vii.89.Indra means to say, "Why are none new-killed in battle now-a-days, that I see none arriving in my heaven, Swerga ?"] [Footnote 31: p.7.l.12.

_--even as Kamadhuk is mine_.

Kamadhuk, the cow of plenty.

She was brought forth on churning the ocean to produce the amrita, or drink of immortality.

The interpretation is doubtful; it may be that this realm is to them the cow of plenty, (as bestowing upon them all their wishes), as the cow of plenty is mine.
See BOPP's and KOSEGARTEN's notes.] [Footnote 32: p.7.l.15._Thus addressed by holy Sakra_.