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X, 32.
32. A Dasyu begets on an Âyogava (woman) a Sairandhra, who is skilled in adorning and attending (his master), who, (though) not a slave, lives like a slave, (or) subsists by snaring (animals).
33. A Vaideha produces (with the same) a sweetvoiced Maitreyaka, who, ringing a bell at the appearance of dawn, continually praises (great) men.
34. A Nishâda begets (on the same) a Mârgava (or) Dâsa, who subsists by working as a boatman, (and) whom the inhabitants of Åryâvarta call a Kaivarta.
35. Those three base-born ones are severally begot on Âyogava women, who wear the clothes of the dead, are wicked, and eat reprehensible food.
32. I read with Medh., Gov., Nár., Nand., and K., Sairandhra instead of Sairandhri (editions). A Dasyu,'i.e. one of those tribes described below, verse 45' (Medh., Gov., Kull.), or one of the afore-mentioned fifteen Pratiloma races' (Nâr., Nand.). Prasadhanopakâragñam, skilled in adorning and attending (his master),' i.e.'in dressing hair, anointing him with oil and so forth, and in shampooing' (Gov., Nâr., Nand.), means according to Kull., who takes prasadhanopakâra, not as a copulative, but as a tatpurusha compound, skilled in serving (his master) at his toilet.' Medh.'s explanation is ambiguous. With respect to his second occupation, 'snaring animals,' Medh., Gov., and Kull. say that the Sairandhra resorts to it in order to support himself in times of distress, or in order to obtain meat for the worship of the gods and manes, or at the order of the king. Nand. remarks, 'As the Dasyus are many, there are also many Sairandhras, and that is indicated by the addition of a different mode of subsistence.'
34. Gov. and K. read Magadha instead of Margava. Gov. thinks that, as the section treats of Pratilomas, the Nishada mentioned here is the Pratiloma Nishada enumerated by Vyasa.
35. I follow Medh., Gov., Nâr., Nand., and K., who read mritavastrabhritsvanâryâsu, who wear the clothes of the dead, are wicked,' instead of mritavastrabhritsu nârishu, women who wear the clothes of the dead' (editions). Kull. also seems to have had the
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