2 - Verse 419

When the Vedic and Smarta (pertaining to the Smftis) rituals ( Dharma) become lax and the rigorous discipline of the castes and the stages of life becomes very loose, the deluded subjects will be weak in their soul-power and undergo a mixing and mingling of the castes. The corresponding Bd. P. v. 230a reads : saptarfayas tada pr&pt&b pitrye pdrikfiti Satam / If the reading is accepted, the verse means : During the period of Pafik^it the Saptaysis were in the Pitrya (Magha) constellation for a hundred yean. Hence the period of the dynasty of Andhras will be two thousand and seven hundred yean ? The words in our text need correction. 824 Vayu Purdna