t feet with menial hand_. The Latin
translation, 'ne faciam pedibus cursum,' is faulty: the sense is,
"that I perform not washing of the feet." Damayanti means that she is
not to perform menial offices appropriated to persons of low caste.
Stipulating for a carriage would be rather extraordinary. WILSON.]

[Footnote 102: p. 49. l. 9. _Narada, the famous hermit_. One of the Devarshis,
and a great prophet, who is supposed to be still wandering about the
world. 'Nara' signifies a thread or clew, a precept, and 'da,' giver.
Whenever he appears he is constantly employed in giving good counsel.
WILKINS, note on Bhagavat-Gita.]

[Footnote 103: p. 49. l. 23. _Ere the tenth step he had counted--him the sudden
serpent bit_. 'Dasa' means both 'bite' and 'ten.']

[Footnote 104: p. 50. l. 12. _Neither Brahmin fear, nor Sages_. In Indian
poetry four classes of holy men, or Rishis, are distinguished, and
rise, one above the other, in the following rank: Rajarshis, royal
Rishis; Maharshis, great Rishis; Brahmarshis, Brahminical Rishis; and
Dewarshis, divine Rishis. KOSEGARTEN. Another enumeration specifies
seven grades. WILSON, in voce.]

[Footnote 105: p. 50. l. 26. _Saying thus, of vests celestial--gave he to the
king a pair_. The dress of a Hindu consists of two pieces of cloth,
one, the lower garment fastened round his waist, and one the upper
garment thrown loosely and gracefully over the shoulders. WILSON.]

[Footnote 106: p. 51. l. 6. _In the art of dressing viands_. This, it will be
remembered, was one of the gifts bestowed by the gods on Nala at his
marriage.]

[Footnote 107: p. 51. l. 12. _--hundred hundreds is thy pay_. Suvarnas, a
certain measure of gold. WILSON, Dict. in voce.]

[Footnote 108: p. 52. l. 2. There is in the text a second line, repeating the
same sentiment. Bopp proposes to reject the first, I have omitted the
second.]

[Footnote 109: p. 53. l. 7. _And a royal grant for maintenance_. See Bopp's
note. I have adopted the second sense of the word Agraharah. Such
grants were not uncommon in India, as throughout the east. See the
grants on copper-plates found near Bombay, Asiatic Researches, i. 362.
So the well-known gifts of the king of Persia to Themistocles.]

[Footnote 110: p. 53. l. 15. _--on a royal holiday_. A day proclaimed as
fortunate by the king.]

[Footnote 111: p. 54. l. 1. _--like Manmatha's queen divine_. The bride of
Kamadeva is Rati, pleasure.]

[Footnote 112: p. 54. ls. 4--10. This l