Shloka 6

नलदमयन्त्युपाख्यानम्—नलप्रशंसा हंसदूतवृत्तान्तः

Nala–Damayantī Upākhyāna: Praise of Nala and the Swan-Messenger Episode

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणानां सहस्नाणि स्नातकानां महात्मनाम्‌ | दश मोक्षविदां तत्र यान्‌ बिभर्ति युधिष्ठिर:,राजा युधिष्ठिर जिनका पालन करते थे, वे महात्मा, स्नातक, मोक्षवेत्ता ब्राह्मण दस हजारकी संख्यामें थे

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānāṁ sahasrāṇi snātakānāṁ mahātmanām | daśa mokṣa-vidāṁ tatra yān bibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: There were thousands of Brahmins—great-souled men who had completed their sacred studies and disciplines. Among them, Yudhiṣṭhira maintained ten thousand who were knowers of liberation, sustaining such learned ascetics as an expression of righteous kingship and reverence for spiritual wisdom.

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणानाम्of Brahmins

सहस्राणिthousands

स्नातकानाम्of स्नातक-s (graduates/ritually bathed, completed students)

महात्मनाम्of great-souled ones

दशten

मोक्षविदाम्of knowers of liberation

तत्रthere

यान्whom/which (those whom)

बिभर्तिsupports/maintains

युधिष्ठिरःYudhiṣṭhira

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Brāhmaṇas

Snātakas

Mokṣa-vidas (knowers of liberation)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes