n the soul, in this state of unbroken quietude,

Floats like the lotus on the lake, unmov'd, unruffled by the tide.]

[Footnote 6: p. 3. l. 8. _Best, a present Manu he_. Manu, or Menu,
the representative of the human race; the holy, mythological ancestor
of the Hindus. In the Diluvium, the Indian version of the Deluge, (see
the latter part of this volume), Manu is the survivor of the human
race--the second ancestor of mankind. The first Menu is named
"Swayambhuva, or sprung from the self-existing." From him "came six
descendants, other Menus, or perfectly understanding the Scripture,
each giving birth to a race of his own, all exalted in dignity,
eminent in power." Laws of Menu, i. 61. The great code of law "the
Hindus firmly believe to have been promulged in the beginning of time
by Menu, son or grandson of Brahma, or in plain English the first of
created beings, and not the oldest only but the noblest of
legislators." Sir W. JONES'S preface to Laws of Menu; Works, vii. 76.
In the Ramayana, in like manner, king Dasaratha is compared to the
ancient king, Menu. The word Manu, as the name of the ancestor of men,
is derived from the Sanscrit root Man, to know (WILSONin voce); in
the same manner as the Sanscrit Manisha, knowledge, Manushya, Man--as
also the Latin Mens, and the German Mensch. According to this
etymology, Man, Mensch, properly means "the knowing," the Being
endowed with knowledge. The German word, Meinen, to mean, or be of
opinion, belongs to the same stock.]

[Footnote 7: p. 3. l. 9. _So there dwelt in high Vidarbha_. This city
is called by our poet Vidarbha Nagara, the city of Vidarbha, and
Cundina. According to Wilford it is Burra Nag-poor. BOPP. Colebrooke,
Asiatic Researches, remarks, that some suppose it to be the modern
Berar, which borders on the mountain Vindhya or Gondwanah. The kingdom
of Vidarbha, and its capital Kundini, are mentioned in the very
remarkable drama Malati and Madhava. WILSON's Hindu Theatre, ii. 16;
and extract from Harivansa, in LANGLOIS Monumens de l'Inde, p. 54.]

[Footnote 8: p. 3. l. 9. _Bhima, terrible in strength_.
Bhima-parakrama. There is a play upon the words, Bhima meaning
terrible.]

[Footnote 9: p. 3. l. 11. _Many a holy act, on offspring_. He made
offerings and performed penance, by which blessings were forced from
the reluctant gods. In India not only temporal, but eternal happiness,
depends on having children. The son alone by the offering of the
Sraddha,