Shloka 6

Damayantī’s Lament, Serpent-Seizure, Rescue by the Hunter, and the Curse

Devanagari script

ततस्ते मन्त्रिण: सर्वे विज्ञाय नलशासनम्‌ । अपि नो भागधेयं स्यादित्युक्त्वा नलमाव्रजन्‌

Transliteration

tataste mantriṇaḥ sarve vijñāya nalaśāsanam | api no bhāgadheyaṃ syād ity uktvā nalam āvrajan ||

Translation

Then all his ministers, having understood King Nala’s command, went to Nala and said, “May there be a share for us as well.”

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• मन्त्रिणः: ministers, counselors
• मन्त्रिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, nominative, plural

• विज्ञाय: having learned/understood
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + ज्ञा
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable

• नलशासनम्: Nala's command/order
• नलशासनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल-शासन
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• अपि: also; even; (here) perhaps/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Avyaya

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, plural (enclitic)

• भागधेयम्: share, allotted portion
• भागधेयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागधेय
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• स्यात्: might be / may there be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति
• Form: Avyaya

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), indeclinable

• नलम्: Nala
• नलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल
• Form: Masculine, accusative, singular

• आव्रजन्: they approached/came to
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + व्रज्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person, plural, parasmaipada

Speaker

बृहृदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nala
• ministers (mantriṇaḥ)