Shloka 47

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

Nala’s Reception and Reconciliation

Devanagari script

ततः सर्व यथावृत्तं दमयन्त्या नलस्य च । भीमायाकथयतु प्रीत्या वैदर्भ्या जननी नूप,“राजन! तदनन्तर (दमयन्तीके द्वारा मालूम होनेपर) दमयन्तीकी माताने अत्यन्त प्रसन्नतापूर्वक राजा भीमसे नल-दमयन्तीका सारा वृत्तान्त यथावत्‌ कह सुनाया"

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ damayantyā nalasya ca | bhīmāyākathayatu prītyā vaidarbhā jananī nṛpa ||

Translation

Then, O king, Damayantī’s mother—the queen of Vidarbha—joyfully related to King Bhīma the entire account, exactly as it had occurred, concerning both Damayantī and Nala.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from that/thereafter')

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा
• Form: Avyaya

• वृत्तम्: what happened; the account
• वृत्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दमयन्त्याः: of Damayantī
• दमयन्त्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमयन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• नलस्य: of Nala
• नलस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• भीमाय: to Bhīma
• भीमाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीम
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• अकथयत्: told, narrated
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• प्रीत्या: with joy; gladly
• प्रीत्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• वैदर्भ्याः: of the Vidarbhī (Damayantī)
• वैदर्भ्याः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैदर्भी
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Damayantī
• Nala
• Bhīma (king of Vidarbha)
• Damayantī’s mother (Vidarbhī queen)
• Vidarbha