Shloka 16

Adhyāya 73: Damayantī’s Investigation of Bāhuka

Keśinī’s Observations

Devanagari script

एवं विलपमाना सा नष्ट्संज्ञेव भारत | आरुरोह महद्‌ वेश्म पुण्यश्लोकदिदृक्षया,भारत! इस प्रकार विलाप करती हुई दमयन्ती अचेत-सी हो गयी। वह पुण्यश्लोक नलके दर्शनकी इच्छासे ऊँचे महलकी छतपर जा चढ़ी

Transliteration

evaṁ vilapamānā sā naṣṭasaṁjñeva bhārata | āruroha mahad veśma puṇyaślokadidṛkṣayā ||

Translation

Thus lamenting, O Bhārata, she became as if bereft of consciousness. Longing to behold Puṇyaśloka Nala, she climbed up to the roof of a lofty mansion.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• विलपमाना: lamenting, wailing
• विलपमाना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: विलप्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नष्टसंज्ञा: one whose consciousness is lost
• नष्टसंज्ञा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्टसंज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आरुरोह: she climbed, mounted
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुह्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महत्: great, large
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वेश्म: mansion, palace
• वेश्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेश्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पुण्यश्लोक: the famed one (of holy renown)
• पुण्यश्लोक: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्यश्लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दिदृक्षया: with the desire to see
• दिदृक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिदृक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Damayantī
• Nala (Puṇyaśloka)
• Bhārata (form of address)