Shloka 5

नलस्य पुष्करजयो द्यूते

Nala’s Victory over Puṣkara in the Dice-Game

Devanagari script

परिचर्या स्वकां तस्मै यथावत्‌ प्रत्यवेदयत्‌ । ततो बभूव नगरे सुमहान्‌ हर्षज: स्वनः

Transliteration

paricaryā svakāṃ tasmai yathāvat pratyavedayat | tato babhūva nagare sumahān harṣajaḥ svanaḥ ||

Translation

Ia melaporkan dengan semestinya pelayanan yang telah ia lakukan kepadanya. Maka di seluruh kota pun bangkitlah gema yang sangat besar, lahir dari sukacita.

Word by Word

• परिचर्याम्: service, attendance
• परिचर्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिचर्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वकाम्: one's own
• स्वकाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• यथावत्: properly, duly
• यथावत्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत्

• प्रत्यवेदयत्: reported, informed
• प्रत्यवेदयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + अवेदय (√विद्/√वेद् caus.)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• बभूव: became, arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सुमहान्: very great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमहत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हर्षजः: born of joy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वनः: sound, noise
• स्वनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• बृहदश्व (Bṛhadaśva)
• नगर (the city)