Shloka 24

दमयन्तीस्वयंवरः — देववेषधारणं, सत्यप्रार्थना, नलवरणम्

Damayantī’s Svayaṃvara: Divine Disguises, Truth-Vow, and Choosing Nala

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्‌ कथ्यमाने तु लोकपालाश्व साग्निका: । आजममुर्देवराजस्य समीपममरोत्तमा:,यह बात हो ही रही थी कि देवश्रेष्ठ लोकपालगण अग्निसहित देवराजके समीप आये

Transliteration

etasmin kathyamāne tu lokapālāś ca sāgnikāḥ | ājagmur devarājasya samīpam amarottamāḥ ||

Translation

As this account was being narrated, the world-guardians—together with Agni—arrived in the presence of the king of the gods, the foremost among the immortals.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this (situation/time)
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• कथ्यमाने: while (it was) being told/said
• कथ्यमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: present passive participle (शानच्/मान), neuter, locative, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• लोकपालाः: world-guardians (Lokapālas)
• लोकपालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• अग्निकाः: together with Agni / having Agni (with them)
• अग्निकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्निक
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• आजग्मुः: came/arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: perfect (लिट्), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• देवराजस्य: of the king of gods (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवराज
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• समीपम्: near; to the vicinity
• समीपम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीप
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अमरोत्तमाः: the best of the immortals
• अमरोत्तमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरोत्तम
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Lokapālas (world-guardians)
• Agni
• Devarāja (Indra)