10. The soles of their feet were bruised by the blades of grass, and the joints of their bodies, were weakened by the heat of the sun; while their fair forms were covered with dust flying from the ground on their lonesome journey. (Their pilgrimage in the thorny and sunny paths of the world of woes). 11. They saw the clump of a leash of trees by the way side, which were braided with tufts of spikes upon them, and loaded with fruits and flowers hanging downward; while they formed a resort for flights of the fowls of air, and flocks of the fauna; of the desert, resting both above and around them. (The copse of the three trees, means the triple states of _dharma_, _artha_ and _Káma_, or virtue, wealth and their fruition, which are sought after by all). 12. The two first of these trees did not grow of themselves, (but were reared by men); and the third which was easy of ascent, bore no seeds to produce other plants in future. (_i.e._ Virtue and wealth require to thrive by cultivation, and enjoyment which is delectable to taste, is not productive of any future good or reward). 13. They were refreshed from the fatigue of their journey, under the shade of these trees; and they halted there like the three Deities Indra, Váya and Yama, under the umbrage of the Párijáta arbour of Paradise. (The three gods—Jupiter, Eolus and Pluto, were the regents of the three regions of heaven, sky and the infernal world:—_swar_, _bhuvar_ and _bhur_, composing the three spheres of their circuit). 14. They eat the ambrosial fruits of these trees; and drank their nectarious juice to their fill; and after decorating themselves with _guluncha_ chaplets, they retook themselves to their journey. (_i.e._ The intellectual powers are supported by the fruits of their acts in their journey through life). 15. Having gone a long way, they met at the mid-day a confluence of three rivers, running with its rapid currents and swelling waves. (The three streams are the three qualities of _satva_, _rajas_ and _tamas_ or of goodness, mediocrity and excess, which are commingled in all the acts of mankind). 16. One of these was a dry channel and the other two were shallow and with little water in them; and they looked like the eyes of blind men with their blinded eye-balls. (_i.e._ The channel of _satva_ or temperance was almost dried up, and that of _rajas_ or mediocrity had become shallow for want of righteous deeds; but the stream of _tamas_ or excess was in full force, owing to the unrighteous conduct of men).