Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तु वैदर्भ्या नलो राजा विशाम्पते । आजमगाम पुनस्तत्र यत्र देवा: समागता:,युधिष्ठिर! विदर्भराजकुमारीके ऐसा कहनेपर राजा नल पुनः वहीं लौट आये, जहाँ देवताओंसे उनकी भेंट हुई थी

Transliteration

evam uktas tu vaidarbhya nalō rājā viśāmpate | ājamagāma punas tatra yatra devāḥ samāgatāḥ, yudhiṣṭhira |

Translation

Thus addressed by the princess of Vidarbha, King Nala—O lord of the people—returned again to the very place where the gods had assembled, O Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

तुbut/indeed

वैदर्भ्याby the princess of Vidarbha (Damayantī)

नलःNala

राजाking

विशाम्of the people

पतेO lord

आback/again (prefix-like particle)

जगामwent

पुनःagain

तत्रthere

यत्रwhere

देवाःthe gods

समागताःassembled / had come together

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nala

Damayantī (Vaidarbhī)

the gods (Devāḥ)

Yudhiṣṭhira

Vidarbha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores responsiveness to rightful counsel and the seriousness of actions connected with divine witnesses: Nala, after hearing Damayantī, returns to the place where the gods had gathered, suggesting accountability and duty-bound conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva tells Yudhiṣṭhira that Nala, having been addressed by Damayantī (the Vidarbha princess), goes back again to the spot where he had earlier met the assembled gods—setting up the next development in the Nala–Damayantī episode.