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¹ The six distresses (*īti*) are not defined in either epic; but since they are mentioned (*Mbh.*, III, 279, 35) and the Purāṇas define them, it is probable that they already include those classified later as too much rain, drought, grasshoppers, mice, birds, and neighbouring kings (invasion).