Shloka 29
नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः
Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city
Devanagari script
कच्चिद् दृष्टस्त्वयारण्ये संगत्येह नलो नृप: । को नु मे वाथ प्रष्टव्यो वनेडस्मिन् प्रस्थितं नलम्,“क्या तुमने इस वनमें राजा नलसे मिलकर उन्हें देखा है?” ऐसा प्रश्न अब मैं इस वनमें प्रस्थान करनेवाले नलके विषयमें किससे करूँ?
Transliteration
kaccid dṛṣṭas tvayāraṇye saṅgatyeha nalo nṛpaḥ | ko nu me vātha praṣṭavyo vane 'smin prasthitaṃ nalam ||
Translation
Bṛhadaśva said: “Did you happen to see King Nala here in this forest—having met with him? Or else, whom can I now ask in this wilderness about Nala, who has set out and gone on his way?”
Word by Word
कच्चित्whether?, I hope (interrogative particle)
कच्चित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित्
दृष्टःseen
दृष्टः:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
अरण्येin the forest
अरण्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअरण्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
संगत्यhaving met
संगत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + गम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
इहhere
इह:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
नलःNala
नलः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नृपःking
नृपः:
TypeNoun
Rootनृप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कःwho?
कः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नुindeed/then (interrogative particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
मेto me / for me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
प्रष्टव्यःto be asked / should be asked
प्रष्टव्यः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √छिद्/छद् (प्रच्छ्) / प्रच्छ्
Formतव्यत् (gerundive), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अस्मिन्in this
अस्मिन्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
प्रस्थितम्departed / having set out
प्रस्थितम्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + √स्था
Formक्त (past active participle usage), Masculine, Accusative, Singular
नलम्Nala
नलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
बृहृदश्च उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BṛhadaśvaN
NalaF
forest (araṇya/vana)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes