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67. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (123.66) supra.
(Verse * 68 is corrupt and obscure.) 69. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (124.66) supra. 70. For translation vide ŚPS. No. (5.44) supra 71. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (5.44) supra.
72. Life ebbed out in laboured gasps through the strangulated throat of Arista, the
demonic bull, when he (Krsna) squeezed and twisted the massive bulk of the neck -- none too easy to manage in the fatal grip of his powerful arms.
73. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (125.66) supra 74. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (126.67) supra. 75. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (127.67) supra. 77. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (139.69) supra. 78. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (482.142) supra
79. For translation vide SP S. No. (141.70) supra
80. Fire that burns in the (humble) hut of an outcaste (cândāla) also burns in a
sacrificial enclosure. (Fire does not lose its brilliance whether it burns in a hut of an outcaste or in a sacrificial enclosure of a Brāhmaṇa.) Men in misfortune should not therefore be avoided or shunned.
82. My dear girl, it is not only true of the bamboo cane of which execllent bows
are made but also of human beings. Even though it may be an excellent bamboo material, if it has no string of similar quality, it cannot have a proper twang!
[Note: There is a pun on the word 'vamsa'(i) bamboo (ii) good family), guna (i) string (ii) good or noble qualities, and 'tankāra' (i) twang (ii) fame or
reputation)] 84. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (147.71). supra 85. For translation vide ŚP S. No. (148.72) supra.
