Shloka 17

Damayantī’s Recognition by the Piplū Mark and Her Return to Vidarbha

Devanagari script

अनागा येन निकृतस्त्वमनहों जनाधिप । क्रोधादसूययित्वा तं रक्षा मे भवत: कृता,“नरेश्वरर आप छल-कपदटद्वारा सताये जानेयोग्य नहीं थे, तो भी जिसने बिना किसी अपराधके आपके साथ कपटका व्यवहार किया है, उसीके प्रति क्रोधसे दोषदृष्टि रखकर मैंने आपकी रक्षा की है

Transliteration

Bṛhadaśva uvāca: anāgā yena nikṛtas tvam anaho janādhipa | krodhād asūyayitvā taṃ rakṣā me bhavataḥ kṛtā ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “O lord of men, though you were blameless and not fit to be harassed, the one who deceived you without any fault on your part became the object of my anger and reproach; moved by that indignation, I acted to protect you.”

Word by Word

अनागाःblameless, guiltless

येनby whom

निकृतःdeceived, wronged (having been tricked)

त्वम्you

अनहोsinless, faultless

जनाधिपO lord of men (king)

क्रोधात्from anger, out of anger

असूययित्वाhaving shown envy/ill-will, having censured

तम्him

रक्षाprotection

मेof me, my

भवतःof you (honorific)

कृताwas done, has been made

Speaker

ब॒हदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadaśva

janādhipa (the king addressed)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes