Shloka 35

कर्कोटक-उपदेशः

Karkoṭaka’s Counsel and Nala’s Concealment

Devanagari script

दमयन्त्यपि त॑ दुष्टमुपल भ्य पतिव्रता । तीव्ररोषसमाविष्टा प्रजज्वालेव मन्युना,पतिव्रता दमयन्ती भी उसकी दुष्टताको समझकर तीव्र क्रोधके वशीभूत हो मानो रोषाग्निसे प्रजवलित हो उठी

Transliteration

damayanty api taṁ duṣṭam upalabhya pativratā | tīvraroṣasamāviṣṭā prajajvāleva manyunā ||

Translation

Even Damayantī—steadfast in her wifely vow—recognized his wickedness; seized by intense anger, she blazed up as if kindled by the fire of wrath. The verse highlights how fidelity (pativratā-dharma) does not mean moral blindness: discernment of wrongdoing can rightly awaken righteous indignation.

Word by Word

दमयन्तीDamayantī

अपिalso/even

तम्him/that (person)

दुष्टम्wicked/evil

उपलभ्यhaving perceived/realized

पतिव्रताa devoted wife (one whose vow is her husband)

तीव्ररोषसमाविष्टाovercome/possessed by intense anger

प्रजज्वालblazed forth

इवas if/like

मन्युनाwith wrath/anger

Speaker

ब॒हृदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Damayantī

Sandhi Notes