Shloka 403

दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure

Devanagari script

विवाहं कारयामास दमयन्त्या नलस्य च । सब नरेशोंके विदा हो जानेपर महामना भीमने बड़ी प्रसन्नताके साथ नल-दमयन्तीका शास्त्रविधिके अनुसार विवाह कराया

Transliteration

vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa damayantyā nalasya ca | sarva-nareśānāṃ vidā ho jāne para mahāmanā bhīmena baṛī prasannatayā nala-damayantī-kā śāstra-vidhi-ke anusāra vivāha kārayā gayā |

Translation

Bṛhadaśva sprach: Nachdem alle Könige Abschied genommen hatten, ließ Bhīma, edlen Sinnes und voller Freude, die Vermählung Nalas und Damayantīs nach den Vorschriften des heiligen Gesetzes vollziehen.

Word by Word

• विवाहम्: marriage (ceremony)
• विवाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवाह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कारयामास: caused to be done; had (it) performed
• कारयामास: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (कारयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Active, true

• दमयन्त्याः: of Damayantī
• दमयन्त्याः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमयन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• नलस्य: of Nala
• नलस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Nala
• Damayantī
• Bhīma
• other kings (assembled suitors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when love and choice are present, a marriage is ideally completed through dharma—publicly, peacefully, and according to śāstric procedure—so that personal desire aligns with social and moral order.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the assembled kings depart, Damayantī’s father Bhīma joyfully arranges and solemnizes the marriage of Nala and Damayantī according to prescribed rites, confirming Nala’s selection and restoring calm after the contest.