Shloka 4

दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure

Devanagari script

सुरभिस्रग्धरा: सर्वे प्रमृष्टमणिकुण्डला:,वहाँ सब भूपाल भिन्न-भिन्न आसनोंपर बैठ गये। सबने सुगन्धित फूलोंकी माला धारण कर रखी थी और सबके कानोंमें विशुद्ध मणिमय कुण्डल झिलमिला रहे थे

Transliteration

bṛhadaśva uvāca | surabhisragdharāḥ sarve pramṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ |

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: All the kings took their seats on various thrones and seats of honor. Each wore a fragrant garland, and in their ears gleamed spotless, well-polished earrings set with gems—an image of royal decorum and courtly order before the unfolding of the tale.

Word by Word

• सुरभि-स्रग्धराः: wearing fragrant garlands
• सुरभि-स्रग्धराः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरभि + स्रग्धर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रमृष्ट-मणि-कुण्डलाः: having polished gem-earrings
• प्रमृष्ट-मणि-कुण्डलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रमृष्ट (√मृज्) + मणि + कुण्डल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• kings (bhūpālaḥ, implied by context)
• fragrant garlands (surabhi-sraj)
• gem-set earrings (maṇi-kuṇḍala)