[Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems by Henry Hart Milman]@TWC D-Link bookNala and Damayanti and Other Poems BOOK XXVI 48/107
As the Mitakshara, 'etasmat pada prakshalana prapti, after that purification, comes the washing of the feet,' especially prior to any religious act.
So Colebrooke: "Having washed his hands and feet, and having sipped water, the priest sits down to worship." A.R.v.
363. WILSON.] [Footnote 57: p.20.l.12._In the dice of dice embodied_.
'Sicut taurus boum:' the literal translation of the phrase is explained by the commentator Nilakantha, as 'talus inter talos eximius.' I have adopted Schlegel's reading, which substitutes Dwapara for Kali, as possessing the dice.] [Footnote 58: p.20.l.23._Then the charioteer advancing_.
The charioteer appears as one of the great officers of state: the master of the horse would convey as lofty a meaning to an English ear.] [Footnote 59: p.21.l.1._Ill they brook this dire misfortune_. Vyasana is a misfortune in a king: neglect of his duty for the pleasures of the chase, gambling, etc.] [Footnote 60: p.22.l.1._Punyasloka, king of men_.
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