Shloka 6

कलेर्द्वापरस्य च नले प्रति कोपः

Kali and Dvāpara’s Resolve Against Nala

Devanagari script

प्राप्तुमिच्छन्ति देवास्त्वां शक्रोग्निर्वरुणो यम: । तेषामन्यतमं देवं पतित्वे वरयस्व ह,“इन्द्र, अग्नि, वरुण और यम--ये देवतालोग तुम्हें प्राप्त करना चाहते हैं। तुम उनमेंसे किसी एक देवताको पतिरूपमें चुन लो'

Transliteration

prāptum icchanti devās tvāṃ śakro 'gnir varuṇo yamaḥ | teṣām anyatamaṃ devaṃ patitvaṃ varayasva ha ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “The gods desire to win you—Śakra (Indra), Agni, Varuṇa, and Yama. Choose, then, whichever one of these deities you wish to have as your husband.”

Word by Word

प्राप्तुम्to obtain/attain

इच्छन्तिthey desire

देवाःthe gods

त्वाम्you

शक्रःŚakra (Indra)

अग्निःAgni

वरुणःVaruṇa

यमःYama

तेषाम्of them

अन्यतमम्one (out of them)

देवम्a god

पतित्वेas (your) husbandhood / for husband

वरयस्वchoose (for yourself)

हindeed / surely (emphatic particle)

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadaśva

Śakra (Indra)

Agni

Varuṇa

Yama

the gods (devāḥ)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes