Shloka 9
दमयन्तीस्वयंवरः — देववेषधारणं, सत्यप्रार्थना, नलवरणम्
Damayantī’s Svayaṃvara: Divine Disguises, Truth-Vow, and Choosing Nala
स संनिमन्त्रयामास महीपालान् विशाम्पति: । एषो<नुभूयतां वीरा: स्वयंवर इति प्रभो,राजन! विदर्भनरेशने सब राजाओंको इस प्रकार निमन्त्रित किया--“वीरो! मेरे यहाँ कन्याका स्वयंवर है। आपलोग पधारकर इस उत्सवका आनन्द लें!
sa saṁnimantrayāmāsa mahīpālān viśāmpatiḥ | eṣo 'nubhūyatāṁ vīrāḥ svayaṁvara iti prabho ||
তেতিয়া প্ৰজাৰ অধিপতি ৰজাই পৃথিৱীৰ অন্যান্য ৰজাসকলক বিধিপূৰ্বক নিমন্ত্ৰণ কৰি ক’লে—“হে বীৰসকল! ইয়াত স্বয়ংবৰ অনুষ্ঠিত হ’ব; আহক, হে মহামান্যসকল, এই উৎসৱৰ সাক্ষী হওক আৰু আনন্দ লওক।”
बृहदश्चव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic kingship expressed through public, orderly rites: a ruler upholds social norms by inviting peers openly to a svayaṃvara, emphasizing legitimacy, hospitality, and communal witnessing of a major life-rite.
A king (the ‘lord of the people’) sends formal invitations to other kings, announcing that a princess’s svayaṃvara is to be held and urging the invited heroes to come and partake in the occasion.