Shloka 22

Parṇāda’s Report; Bāhuka’s Counsel; Damayantī’s Strategic Svayaṃvara Message (अध्याय ६८)

Devanagari script

कदा नु खलु दुःखस्य पारं यास्यति वै शुभा । भर्तु: समागमात्‌ साध्वी रोहिणी शशिनो यथा,जैसे रोहिणी चन्द्रमाके संयोगसे सुखी होती है, उसी प्रकार यह शुभलक्षणा साध्वी राजकुमारी अपने पतिके समागमसे (संतुष्ट हो) कब इस दुःखके समुद्रसे पार हो सकेगी

Transliteration

kadā nu khalu duḥkhasya pāraṁ yāsyati vai śubhā | bhartuḥ samāgamāt sādhvī rohiṇī śaśino yathā ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “When indeed will this auspicious, virtuous princess cross to the far shore of her sorrow? Just as Rohiṇī finds joy in union with the Moon, so too may this chaste lady find relief and fulfillment through reunion with her husband.”

Word by Word

कदाwhen

नुindeed/then (emphatic particle)

खलुsurely/indeed

दुःखस्यof sorrow

पारम्the far shore/end

यास्यतिwill go/reach

वैindeed/certainly

शुभाauspicious (woman)

भर्तुःof (her) husband

समागमात्from/through meeting (union)

साध्वीthe virtuous woman

रोहिणीRohiṇī (lunar mansion/consort)

शशिनःof the moon

यथाas/just as

Speaker

युदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Rohiṇī

Śaśin (the Moon)

the princess (unnamed in this verse)

the husband (unnamed in this verse)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes