Shloka 42

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

Nala’s Reception and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

ततस्तदू वस्त्रमजरं प्रावणोद्‌ वसुधाधिप: । संस्मृत्य नागराजं तं ततो लेभे स्वकं वपु:,तदनन्तर उन भूपालने नागराज कर्कोटकका स्मरण करके उसके दिये हुए अजीर्ण वस्त्रको ओढ़ लिया। उससे उन्हें अपने पूर्वस्वरूपकी प्राप्ति हो गयी

Transliteration

tatas tad eva vastram ajaraṁ prāvṛṇod vasudhādhipaḥ | saṁsmṛtya nāgarājaṁ taṁ tato lebhe svakaṁ vapuḥ ||

Translation

Then the lord of the earth wrapped himself in that same ageless garment. Remembering the serpent-king, he at once regained his own true form.

Word by Word

ततःthereafter

तत्that

उindeed/and

वस्त्रम्garment/cloth

अजरम्unaging/undecaying

प्रावणोत्put on/wore (draped)

वसुधाधिपःthe lord of the earth (king)

संस्मृत्यhaving remembered

नागराजम्the king of serpents

तम्him/that one

ततःthen/thereupon

लेभेobtained/regained

स्वकम्one's own

वपुःbody/form

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

बृहदश्व (Bṛhadaśva)

व

वासुधाधिप (the king; in context: नल Nala)

न

नागराज (Nāgarāja; in context: कर्कोटक Karkoṭaka)

अ

अजर वस्त्र (the imperishable garment)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes