Shloka 99

नलस्य बाहुकत्वेन ऋतुपर्णनगरप्रवेशः

Nala as Bāhuka enters Ṛtuparṇa’s city

Devanagari script

क्व सा पुण्यजला रम्या नदी द्विजनिषेविता । क्व नु ते ह नगा हृद्या: फलपुष्पोपशोभिता:,“वह पुण्यसलिला रमणीय नदी, जिसपर पक्षी निवास कर रहे थे, कहाँ चली गयी? फल और फूलोंसे सुशोभित वे मनोरम वृक्ष कहाँ विलीन हो गये!”

Transliteration

kva sā puṇyajalā ramyā nadī dvijanisevitā | kva nu te ha nagā hṛdyāḥ phalapuṣpopaśobhitāḥ ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “Where has that lovely river, with its holy waters—frequented by the twice-born—gone now? And where, indeed, have those delightful trees vanished, adorned with fruits and blossoms?”

Word by Word

क्वwhere?

साthat (she/that one)

पुण्य-जलाhaving holy water / with sacred waters

रम्याlovely, delightful

नदीriver

द्विज-निषेविताfrequented/inhabited by dvijas (twice-born; also birds by usage)

क्वwhere?

नुindeed, pray (interrogative particle)

तेof you/your

हindeed, alas (emphatic particle)

नगाःtrees (lit. immovable ones; also mountains by context)

हृद्याःcharming, pleasing

फल-पुष्प-उपशोभिताःadorned with fruits and flowers

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

बृहदश्व (Bṛhadaśva)

न

नदी (river)

द

द्विज (dvija—twice-born/Brahmins)

न

नग/नगा (trees)

Sandhi Notes