Shloka 27

दमयन्तीस्वयंवरः — देववेषधारणं, सत्यप्रार्थना, नलवरणम्

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

Devanagari script

नलो<पि राजा कौन्तेय श्रुत्वा राज्ञां समागमम्‌ । अभ्यगच्छददीनात्मा दमयन्तीमनुव्रत:,कुन्तीनन्दन! उदारहृदय राजा नल भी विदर्भनगरमें समस्त राजाओंका समागम सुनकर दमयन्तीमें अनुरक्त हो वहाँ गये

Transliteration

nalo 'pi rājā kaunteya śrutvā rājñāṃ samāgamam | abhyagacchad adīnātmā damayantīm anuvrataḥ ||

Translation

Narada said: “O son of Kunti, King Nala too—on hearing of the great assembly of kings—set out at once, his spirit unbroken. Faithful in his resolve, he went there drawn by devotion to Damayanti.”

Word by Word

• नलः: Nala
• नलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• कौन्तेय: O son of Kunti
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौन्तेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• राज्ञाम्: of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• समागमम्: assembly/gathering
• समागमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अभ्यगच्छत्: went/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अदीनात्मा: one whose spirit is not dejected
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदीनात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दमयन्तीम्: Damayanti
• दमयन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमयन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुव्रतः: devoted/following (her)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुव्रत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Nala
• Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Damayanti
• assembly of kings