Shloka 30

नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः

Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city

Devanagari script

अभिरूपं महात्मानं परव्यूहविनाशनम्‌ | यमन्वेषसि राजानं नल॑ पद्मनिभेक्षणम्‌

Transliteration

abhirūpaṁ mahātmānaṁ paravyūhavināśanam | yam anveṣasi rājānaṁ nalaṁ padmanibhekṣaṇam ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “The king you are seeking—Nala, lotus-eyed—is handsome and great-souled, and he is a destroyer of the enemy’s battle-formations.”

Word by Word

• अभिरूपम्: handsome, well-formed
• अभिरूपम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभिरूप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• महात्मानम्: great-souled (one)
• महात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परव्यूहविनाशनम्: destroyer of the enemy’s battle-array
• परव्यूहविनाशनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परव्यूह-विनाशन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यम्: whom
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अन्वेषसि: you seek
• अन्वेषसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्वेष्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजानम्: king
• राजानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नलम्: Nala
• नलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पद्मनिभेक्षणम्: lotus-like-eyed
• पद्मनिभेक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म-निभ-ईक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Nala