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Shloka 43

Sudeva Identifies Damayantī in Cedi (सुदेवेन दमयन्ती-परिचयः)

एवमादीनि दु:खार्ता सा विलप्य वराड़ना । प्रलापानि तदा तानि दमयन्ती पतिव्रता,“मैं समझती हूँ, स्वयंवरके लिये जो लोकपाल देवगण पधारे थे, नलके कारण मैंने उनका तिरस्कार कर दिया था। अवश्य उन्हीं देवताओंके प्रभावसे आज मुझे वियोगका कष्ट प्राप्त हुआ है।” इस प्रकार दुःखसे आतुर हुई सुन्दरी पतिव्रता दमयन्तीने उस समय अनेक प्रकारसे विलाप एवं प्रलाप किये

evamādīni duḥkhārtā sā vilapya varāṅganā | pralāpāni tadā tāni damayantī pativratā ||

Afligida por el dolor, la noble Damayantī—firme en la fidelidad conyugal—se lamentó de muchas maneras. Lanzó clamores angustiados como: «Creo que, en el svayaṃvara, por causa de Nala, desdeñé a los dioses guardianes de los mundos (Lokapālas) que habían acudido allí. Sin duda, por el poder de esos mismos dioses, hoy he sido hecha sufrir el dolor de la separación». Así, abrumada por la pena, la virtuosa Damayantī derramó entonces variadas lamentaciones.

एवम्thus
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
आदीनिand other (such things)
आदीनि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआदि
Formneuter, accusative, plural
दुःख-आर्ताdistressed by sorrow
दुःख-आर्ता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःख + आर्त
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
विलप्यhaving lamented
विलप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + लप्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active
वर-आडनाthe beautiful woman
वर-आडना:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवर + आडना
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
प्रलापानिramblings, incoherent lamentations
प्रलापानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रलाप
Formneuter, accusative, plural
तदाthen
तदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
तानिthose
तानि:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, plural
दमयन्तीDamayantī
दमयन्ती:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदमयन्ती
Formfeminine, nominative, singular
पति-व्रताdevoted to her husband
पति-व्रता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपति + व्रत
Formfeminine, nominative, singular

बृहदश्चव उवाच

D
Damayantī
N
Nala
L
Lokapālas (guardian deities)
D
Devas (gods)
S
Svayaṃvara

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how intense attachment and choices made under passion can later be interpreted through an ethical lens: Damayantī reads her present suffering as a consequence of having slighted divine guests at the svayaṃvara. It underscores reverence toward dharmic order (including gods and guests) and the moral tendency to seek meaning and accountability amid suffering.

After being separated from Nala, Damayantī—overcome with grief—utters many lamentations. She specifically recalls the svayaṃvara, where she chose Nala and thereby rejected the lokapāla deities who had appeared; she fears that their offended power has brought about her present pain of separation.