Shloka 59

Sudeva Identifies Damayantī in Cedi (सुदेवेन दमयन्ती-परिचयः)

Devanagari script

आश्वासयन्ती भर्तारमहमप्यगमं वनम्‌ | स कदाचिद्‌ वने वीर: कस्मिंश्वित्‌ कारणान्तरे,“और उसीमें अपना सब कुछ हारकर वे अकेले ही वनकी ओर चल दिये। एक वस्त्र धारण किये उन्मत्त और विह्नल हुए अपने वीर स्वामीको सान्त्वना देती हुई मैं भी उनके साथ वनमें चली आयी। एक दिनकी बात है, मेरे वीर स्वामी किसी कारणवश वनमें गये

Transliteration

āśvāsayantī bhartāram aham apy agamaṁ vanam | sa kadācid vane vīraḥ kasmiṁś cit kāraṇāntare |

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “While consoling my husband, I too went to the forest. Once, my heroic lord, for some particular reason, went into the forest.”

Word by Word

• {'āśvāsayantī': 'comforting, consoling (present participle, feminine)', 'bhartāram': 'husband, lord (accusative singular)', 'aham': 'I', 'api': 'also, even', 'agamaṁ': 'went (1st person singular, imperfect/aorist sense)', 'vanam': 'to the forest (accusative singular)', 'sa': 'he', 'kadācit': 'once, at some time', 'vane': 'in the forest (locative singular)', 'vīraḥ': 'heroic man, warrior (nominative singular)', 'kasmiṁścit': 'in some (unspecified) (locative singular with enclitic -cit)', 'kāraṇāntare': 'on another account

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• husband (bhartṛ)
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights steadfast companionship and compassionate duty within marriage: the wife does not abandon her husband in distress but supports him and shares his hardship, embodying loyalty and care as a form of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker narrates that she accompanied her husband into the forest while consoling him; later, on one occasion, the husband went into the forest for some particular reason, setting up the next event in the story.