Shloka 21

Nala’s Embassy to Damayantī and the Gods’ Proposal (नलस्य दूतत्वं देवप्रस्तावश्च)

Devanagari script

एवमेतद्‌ भवेद्‌ राजन्‌ यदि राजा न बालिश: । अस्माकं दीर्घसूत्र: स्याद्‌ भवान्‌ धर्मपरायण:,“राजन! यदि ऐसा हो तो आप हमारे धर्मपरायण राजा अविवेकी और दीर्घसूत्री नहीं समझे जायूँगे

Transliteration

evam etad bhaved rājan yadi rājā na bāliśaḥ | asmākaṃ dīrghasūtraḥ syād bhavān dharmaparāyaṇaḥ ||

Translation

“So it would indeed be so, O King—if the king were not foolish. Then you, devoted to dharma, would not be judged by us to be one who is slow to act and overly procrastinating.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवेत्: would be, might happen
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• बालिशः: foolish, childish
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बालिश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• दीर्घसूत्रः: slow/indolent; one who procrastinates
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घसूत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्यात्: would be, might be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मपरायणः: devoted to dharma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मपरायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king, unnamed in this verse)