Shloka 24

दमयन्त्याः अरण्यविहारः — Damayantī’s Passage through the Wilderness

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ वाक्‍्यं नलो राजा दमयन्तीं समाहित: । उवाचासकृदार्तो हि भैमीमुद्दिश्य भारत,भारत! राजा नलने एकाग्रचित्त होकर बड़ी आतुरताके साथ दमयन्तीसे उपर्युक्त बातें बार-बार कहीं

Transliteration

etad vākyaṃ nalo rājā damayantīṃ samāhitaḥ | uvācāsakṛd ārto hi bhaimīm uddiśya bhārata ||

Translation

Wahai Bhārata! Lalu Raja Nala, dengan batin terhimpun dan teguh, mengucapkan kata-kata ini kepada Damayantī; namun karena hatinya gelisah, ia menujukan ucapannya kepada Bhīmī berulang-ulang.

Word by Word

• {'etad': 'this', 'vākyaṃ': 'statement, speech, words', 'nalaḥ': 'Nala (the king of Niṣadha)', 'rājā': 'king', 'damayantīm': 'Damayantī (accusative

• the one addressed)', 'samāhitaḥ': 'collected, composed, concentrated (of mind)', 'uvāca': 'said, spoke', 'asakṛt': 'again and again, repeatedly', 'ārtaḥ': 'afflicted, distressed, anguished', 'hi': 'indeed, for', 'bhaimīm': 'Bhīmī

• daughter of Bhīma (epithet of Damayantī)', 'uddiśya': 'addressing, with reference to, intending (her)', 'bhārata': 'O Bhārata (address to the epic’s listener/descendant of Bharata)'}

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nala
• Damayantī
• Bhārata (vocative address)
• Bhīmī (epithet of Damayantī)