Shloka 3

Keśinī’s Inquiry to Bāhuka and the Emotional Signs of Concealed Identity (केशिन्याः बाहुकपरीक्षा)

Devanagari script

ततः स त्वरमाणस्तु पटे निपतिते तदा । ग्रहीष्यामीति तं राजा नलमाह महामना:,उस समय वस्त्र गिर जानेपर उन महामना नरेशने बड़ी उतावलीके साथ नलसे कहा --“महामते! इस वेगशाली घोड़ोंको (थोड़ी देरके लिये) रोक लो। मैं अपनी गिरी हुई चादर लूँगा। जबतक यह वार्ष्णेय उतरकर मेरे उत्तरीय वस्त्रको ला दे, तबतक रथको रोके रहो”

Transliteration

tataḥ sa tvaramāṇas tu paṭe nipatite tadā | grahīṣyāmīti taṃ rājā nalam āha mahāmanāḥ ||

Translation

Then, when his cloak had fallen, the noble king—hastening—said to Nala: “I will pick it up. O wise one, hold these swift horses for a moment. Until Vārṣṇeya gets down and brings my upper garment, keep the chariot halted.”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

सःhe

त्वरमाणःhastening

तुbut/indeed

पटेin/when the cloth

निपतितेhaving fallen

तदाat that time

ग्रहीष्यामिI will take (it)

इतिthus (quotative)

तम्him

राजाthe king

नलम्Nala

आहsaid

महामनाःgreat-souled

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nala

the king (rājā)

Vārṣṇeya

chariot (ratha)

swift horses

cloak/cloth (paṭa)

upper garment (uttarīya, per context)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes