Shloka 29

अक्षद्यूतप्रवेशः — Kali’s Entry and the Initiation of the Dice-Contest

Devanagari script

अब्रवीच्चैव मां बाला आयान्तु सहिता: सुरा: । त्वया सह नरव्याप्र मम यत्र स्वयंवर:,उस बालाने मुझसे यह भी कहा कि “नरव्याप्र! सब देवता आपके साथ उस स्थानपर पधारें, जहाँ मेरा स्वयंवर होनेवाला है

Transliteration

abravīc caiva māṁ bālā āyāntu sahitāḥ surāḥ | tvayā saha naravyāghra mama yatra svayaṁvaraḥ ||

Translation

Nala said: “The maiden also told me, ‘O tiger among men, let the gods come together with you to the place where my svayaṃvara is to be held.’”

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• एव: indeed/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), द्वितीया, एकवचन

• बाला: the girl/young woman
• बाला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• आयान्तु: let (them) come
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) उपसर्ग: आ-
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गार्थ), प्रथम, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सहिता: accompanied/together
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त/विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सुरा: gods/devas
• सुरा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• त्वया: by/with you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• नरव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-व्याघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• मम: my/of me
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), षष्ठी, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• स्वयंवरः: svayamvara (bride-choosing ceremony)
• स्वयंवरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

नल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nala
• Damayantī
• surāḥ (the gods)
• svayaṁvara (ceremony/event)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A svayaṃvara is a socially sanctioned, dharmic setting for personal choice; yet the verse hints at an ethical tension when divine forces participate in human decisions, testing integrity and freedom of choice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Damayantī, through her message to Nala, asks that the gods come along with him to the venue of her forthcoming svayaṃvara, setting the stage for the famous episode where divine suitors complicate her selection.