Shloka 30

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

Devanagari script

यद्यस्मानभिगच्छेत पाप: स हि कथंचन । अज्ञातचर्यामुत्तीर्णान्‌ दृष्टवा च पुनराह्ययेत्‌,“यदि वह पापी किसी प्रकार यह समझ ले कि हम अज्ञातवासकी अवधि पार कर गये हैं, तो वह उस दशामें हमें देखकर पुनः आपको ही जूआ खेलनेके लिये बुलायेगा

Transliteration

yady asmān abhigacchet pāpaḥ sa hi kathaṃcana | ajñātacaryām uttīrṇān dṛṣṭvā ca punar āhvayet ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “If that wicked man should somehow come to know that we have completed our period of living incognito, then, seeing us after it is over, he would again summon you to play at dice.”

Word by Word

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

• अस्मान्: us
• अस्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Plural

• अभिगच्छेत्: should approach / were to come to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पापः: the sinful (man)
• पापः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कथंचन: somehow / in some way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

• अज्ञातचर्याम्: the unknown-course (incognito life)
• अज्ञातचर्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञातचर्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तीर्णान्: having crossed / having completed
• उत्तीर्णान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्-तॄ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

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

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• आह्वयेत्: should call / would invite
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वे
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• pāpaḥ (the wicked man; implied opponent who calls to dice)