Shloka 1
Parṇāda’s Report; Bāhuka’s Counsel; Damayantī’s Strategic Svayaṃvara Message (अध्याय ६८)
/ आल “+(>9) #:६.# #2 5-7 अष्टषष्टितमो< ध्याय: विदर्भराजका नल-दमयन्तीकी खोजके लिये ब्राह्मणोंको भेजना, सुदेव ब्राह्णका चेदिराजके भवनमें जाकर मन- ही-मन दमयन्तीके गुणोंका चिन्तन और उससे भेंट करना ब॒हदश्व उवाच हृतराज्ये नले भीम: सभार्ये च वन॑ गते । द्विजान् प्रस्थापयामास नलदर्शनकाड्क्षया,बृहदश्व मुनि कहते हैं--राजन! राज्यका अपहरण हो जानेपर जब राजा नल पत्नीसहित वनमें चले गये, तब विदर्भनरेश भीमने नलका पता लगानेके लिये बहुत-से ब्राह्मणोंको इधर-उधर भेजा
Bṛhadaśva uvāca | hṛtarājye nale bhīmaḥ sabhārye ca vanaṃ gate | dvijān prasthāpayāmāsa naladarśanakāṅkṣayā ||
Bṛhadaśva said: “O King, when Nala had been deprived of his kingdom and had gone to the forest together with his wife, Bhīma, the ruler of Vidarbha, longing to obtain sight of Nala (that is, to find him and learn his whereabouts), dispatched Brahmins in various directions.”
ब॒हदश्व उवाच