Shloka 38

Keśinī’s Inquiry to Bāhuka and the Emotional Signs of Concealed Identity (केशिन्याः बाहुकपरीक्षा)

Devanagari script

ततो भीत: कलि: क्षिप्रं प्रविवेश बिभीतकम्‌ | कलिस्त्वन्यैस्तदादृश्य: कथयन्‌ नैषधेन वै,तदनन्तर कलियुग भयभीत हो तुरंत ही बहेड़ेके वृक्षमें समा गया। वह जिस समय निषधराज नलके साथ बात कर रहा था, उस समय दूसरे लोग उसे नहीं देख पाते थे

Transliteration

tato bhītaḥ kaliḥ kṣipraṁ praviveśa bibhītakam | kalis tv anyais tadādṛśyaḥ kathayan naiṣadhena vai |

Translation

Then Kali, frightened, quickly entered the bibhītaka tree to hide. And while he was speaking with Nala, the king of Niṣadha, Kali could not be seen by anyone else—his presence remained concealed from all others.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

भीतःfrightened

कलिःKali (personified)

क्षिप्रम्quickly

प्रविवेशentered

बिभीतकम्the bibhītaka tree

कलिःKali

तुbut, however

अन्यैःby others

तदाthen, at that time

अदृश्यःinvisible

कथयन्speaking, conversing

नैषधेनwith the Naiṣadha (Nala, king of Niṣadha)

वैindeed

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kali

Nala (Naiṣadha, king of Niṣadha)

bibhītaka tree (Terminalia bellirica)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes