If the
latter reading be preferred, it would mean "the age called Krita that
comes in Time's course."
226. i.e., these are the true sources of the royal revenue.
227. The meaning is that if a king attends only to the acquisition of
wealth, he may succeed in acquiring wealth, but he will never succeed in
earning religious merit.
228. Literally, 'never flourishes.'
229. The charcoal-maker uproots trees and plants, and burns them for
producing his stock-in-trade. The flowerman, on the other hand, waters
his trees and plants, and gathers only their produce.
230. Dharmakosha literally means the 'repository of all duties.'
231. Children is a euphemism for subjects, suggested by the word pitris
to which it is antithetical.
232. Mahapathika is believed to mean a person making a voyage by the sea
or the ocean, The literal meaning seems to be 'a person making a long or
distant voyage.'
233. A Ritwij is a priest employed on a special occasion. A Purohita is
one who always acts as a priest.
234. Ama is raw food, such as paddy or uncooked rice, or fruits, etc.
235. The allusion is to such men as Utanka and Parasara, who although
they performed such cruel acts as the snake-sacrifice and the Rakshasa
sacrifice, were none-the-less entitled to heaven. So Kshatriya kings, by
invading the kingdoms of their foes and slaying thousands of Mali and
animals, are nevertheless regarded to be righteous and ultimately go to
heaven.
236. Kshatrarthe, i.
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