Shloka 35

नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः

Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city

Devanagari script

अथवा त्वं वनपते नल॑ यदि न शंससि । मां खादय मृगश्रेष्ठ दु:खादस्माद्‌ विमोचय,“अथवा वनराज मृगश्रेष्ठी यदि आप नलके विषयमें कुछ नहीं बताते हैं तो मुझे खा जायेँ और इस दुःखसे छुटकारा दे दें”

Transliteration

athavā tvaṃ vanapate nala yadi na śaṃsasi | māṃ khādaya mṛgaśreṣṭha duḥkhād asmād vimocaya ||

Translation

Or else, O lord of the forest—if you will not speak to me of Nala—then devour me, O best of beasts, and release me from this sorrow.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• वनपते: O lord of the forest
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• शंससि: you tell / you declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• खादय: eat (me)! / devour (me)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: खाद्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मृगश्रेष्ठ: O best of beasts (deer/animals)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दुःखात्: from (this) sorrow
• दुःखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• विमोचय: release (me) / free (me)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Nala
• vanapati (lord of the forest)
• mṛgaśreṣṭha (best of beasts)