Hail, Dyapeter, dismay to Bala's pride, Or speaks Purander best thy martial fame, Or Sacra, mystic name.--SIR W. JONES, Hymn to Indra. Bala and Vritra were the "giants" slain by Indra.] [Footnote 33: p. 7. l. 23. _As they spake, the world-protectors_. The world-protectors are the eight gods next below the trine supreme, Brahma, Siva, and Vishnu. They are Indra, the god of heaven; Surya, the god of the sun; Soma or Chandra, the god of the moon; Agni, the god of fire; Pavana, the god of the wind; Kuvera, the god of wealth; Varuna, the god of water; Yama, the god of the infernal regions. At present four only of these gods are introduced; Indra, Yama, Agni, and Varuna. Compare, however, Mr. WILSON's note to Vikrama and Urvasi, Hindu Theatre, i. 219.] [Footnote 34: p. 8. l. 8. _--equal to the god of love_. Manmatha, a name of Kandarpa, or Camdeo, the god of love.] [Footnote 35: p. 11. l. 2. _Pledge me to thy faith, O raja_. Bopp has rendered '_pranayaswa_,' _uxorem duc_, but this is questionable. The root '_ni_,' with the preposition '_pari_,' has that sense, but with '_pra_' its usual acceptation is 'to love, to bear affection.' I have not met with it in the sense 'to marry.' Bopp is followed by Rosen in assigning this sense to '_prani_.' WILSON.] [Footnote 36: p. 7. l. 4. _In full trust is thine_. Bopp connects '_visrabdha_' with '_pranaya_,' and renders them _speratas nuptias_. I should rather join it adverbially with '_sarvam_, all;' that is, 'yours in full trust or confidence: grant me your affection.' There is something indelicate, though inartificial, in Damayanti's urging matrimony so earnestly. WILSON.] [Footnote 37: p. 11. l. 8. _--the vile noose will I endure_. Hanging was not considered by the Hindus an undignified mode of self-destruction. See Hindu Theatre, ii. 237 and 299.] [Footnote 38: p. 11. l. 17. _He, who all the world compressing_. Nala here recites the separate pretensions and attributes of the great deities, first, of Hutasa, a name of Agni, the god of fire. The sense here is extremely obscure. Bopp renders it literally. 'Qui hanc terram totam contraxit,' seems ambiguous. It may refer to the agency of fire in compacting the world and again consuming it, or simply shrivelling it up, while in the act of consuming.] [Footnote 39: p. 11. l. 19. _He, in awe of whose dread sceptre_. Yama: he is called the Dharma raja, king of justice. WILFORD in Asiatic Researches. Compare SOUTHEY's description in the Curse of Kehama, Canto xxii., with the note from Wilford on which it is founded; and his interview with Sawitri in BOPP's collection of Extracts from the Mahábhárata.] [Footnote 40: p. 11. l. 21. _--slayer of the infernal host_. Indra. He was the conqueror of the Danavas or dæmons: When through the waves of war thy charger sprang, Each rock rebellowed, and each forest rang, The vanquish'd Asurs felt avenging pains.--SIR W. JONES, Ode to Indra.]