^411:+ An interesting story is told of Puru. His father, Yayati, married Devayani, daughter of Sukra, the preceptor of the Daityas. Her husband loving her servant Sarmistha also, Puru was born as their youngest son. The wife being highly indignant at the unfaithfulness of her husband, returning to her father's home, so excited the old priest that he cursed Yayati with old age; but afterwards consented to withdraw the curse provided one of his sons would bear it for him. They all refused to do this excepting Puru. As a reward for his piety, his father disinherited his other sons, and made Puru sole heir to his dominions.

^412:* Satyavati was the daughter of an Apsaras named Adrika, who was condemned to live on earth in the form of a fish. Parasara, a sage, met her daughter as he was crossing the river Yamuna, and Vyasa was the result. He was born on an island of the river, and hence he had the name Dwaipayana (who moves on an island). Vyasa is said to have been the arranger of the Vedas, the compiler of the Mahabharata and the Puranas, and the founder of the Vedanta system of philosophy.

^421:* The Kiratas were mountaineers, or foresters. In the Ramayana they are described as "islanders, who eat raw flesh, live in the waters, and are men-tigers."