Shloka 44
दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure
अरज्जयत् प्रजा वीरो धर्मेण परिपालयन् | राजा नल सूर्यके समान प्रकाशित होते थे। वीरवर नल अत्यन्त प्रसन्न रहकर अपनी प्रजाका धर्मपूर्वक पालन करते हुए उसे प्रसन्न रखते थे || ४३ $ ।। ईजे चाप्यश्वमेधेन ययातिरिव नाहुष:
Bṛhadaśva uvāca | arañjayat prajā vīro dharmeṇa paripālayan | rājā Nalaḥ sūryake samānaḥ prakāśitaḥ | vīravaraḥ Nalaḥ atyanta-prasannaḥ san svāṁ prajāṁ dharmapūrvakaṁ pālayan tāṁ prīṇayām āsa || īje cāpy aśvamedhena Yayātir iva Nāhuṣaḥ ||
Bṛhadaśva said: The heroic king Nala kept his subjects content, protecting them through righteousness. Nala shone like the Sun. Ever cheerful, that best of warriors maintained his people in accordance with dharma and thereby gladdened them. He also performed the Aśvamedha sacrifice, like Yayāti, the son of Nāhuṣa.
बृहदश्व उवाच