Shloka 70

Rathaghoṣa–Saṃjñāna: Damayantī’s Inference and the Dispatch of the Envoy (Āraṇyaka-parva, Adhyāya 71)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्याभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें दमयन्तीके पुनः स्वयंवरकी चचसि सम्बन्ध रखनेवाला सत्तरवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata-nalopākhyānaparvaṇi damayantyāḥ punaḥ svayaṃvarasya ca saṃbandhaṃ rakṣaṇavat saptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ

Translation

Demikian berakhir bab ketujuh puluh dalam kisah Nala di dalam Vana Parva Mahābhārata yang suci, mengenai peristiwa-peristiwa seputar svayaṃvara kedua Damayantī.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner; way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्री: auspiciousness; honorific 'Śrī'
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभारते: in the Mahābhārata
• महाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वनपर्वणि: in the Vana-parvan (Forest Book)
• वनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included; contained within
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि: in the Nala-upākhyāna section
• नलोपाख्यानपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलोपाख्यानपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• स्वयंवरस्य: of the svayaṃvara (self-choice ceremony)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंवर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चर्चायाम्: in the discussion; in the account
• चर्चायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर्चा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• सम्बन्धम्: connection; relation
• सम्बन्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्बन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• रखणवाला: having; pertaining to (Hindi)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रखणवाला

• सप्ततितमः: seventieth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्ततितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूर्णः: completed; finished
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभवत्: was; became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nalopākhyāna (Nala episode)
• Damayantī
• Svayaṃvara