Shloka 42

नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः

Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city

Devanagari script

भगवन्नचलश्रेष्ठ दिव्यदर्शन विश्ुत । शरण्य बहुकल्याण नमस्ते<स्तु महीधर,'भगवन्‌! अचलप्रवर! दिव्य दृष्टिवाले! विख्यात! सबको शरण देनेवाले परम कल्याणमय महीधर! आपको नमस्कार है

Transliteration

bhagavann acalaśreṣṭha divyadarśana viśruta | śaraṇya bahukalyāṇa namas te 'stu mahīdhara ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “O Blessed One, best among mountains, endowed with divine vision and renowned everywhere—O refuge of all, source of abundant auspiciousness, O bearer of the earth—may my reverence be to you.”

Word by Word

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अचलश्रेष्ठ: O best of mountains
• अचलश्रेष्ठ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अचल-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिव्यदर्शन: O one of divine appearance/vision
• दिव्यदर्शन: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य-दर्शन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विश्रुत: O renowned one
• विश्रुत: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शरण्य: O refuge-giver, worthy of refuge
• शरण्य: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरण्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बहुकल्याण: O greatly auspicious one
• बहुकल्याण: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-कल्याण
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Imperative (Lot), 3rd, Singular

• महीधर: O earth-bearer (mountain)
• महीधर: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-धर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• a mountain (addressed as Mahīdhara/Acala)