Shloka 30

Adhyāya 76: Kuṇḍina-praveśaḥ, Bhīmena satkāraḥ, Ṛtuparṇa-kṣamā, Aśvahṛdaya-pratyarpanam

Nala’s Reception and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

त्वामृते न हि लोकेडन्य एकाह्वा पृथिवीपते । समर्थो योजनशतं गन्तुम श्वैर्नराधिप,नरेश्वर! पृथ्वीनाथ! मैं यह अच्छी तरह जानती हूँ कि इस जगत्‌में आपके सिवा दूसरा कोई ऐसा पुरुष नहीं है, जो एक ही दिनमें घोड़े जुते हुए रथकी सवारीसे सौ योजन दूरतक जानेमें समर्थ हो

Transliteration

tvām ṛte na hi loke ’nya ekaḥ vā pṛthivīpate | samartho yojanaśataṁ gantuṁ aśvaiḥ narādhipa ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśvā said: “Apart from you, O lord of the earth, there is in this world no other single man capable of travelling a hundred yojanas in one day by riding in a chariot drawn by horses. I know this well.”

Word by Word

त्वाम्you

ऋतेwithout, except

नnot

हिindeed, for

लोकेin the world

अन्यःanother (person)

एकाह्वाin one day (lit. one-day)

पृथिवीपतेO lord of the earth

समर्थःcapable

योजनशतम्a hundred yojanas

गन्तुम्to go

अश्वैःwith horses

नराधिपO king (lord of men)

नरेश्वरO lord of men

पृथ्वीनाथO lord of the earth

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadaśvā

pṛthivīpati (the king addressed)

aśva (horses)

ratha (chariot, implied)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes