Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो नलेनाथ तदा भाज़सुरिरनप: । आससाद वने राजन्‌ फलवन्तं बिभीतकम्‌,राजन्‌! नलके ऐसा कहनेपर राजा ऋतुपर्ण चुप हो गये। अब वे एक वनमें एक बहेड़ेके वृक्षेके पास आ पहुँचे, जिसमें बहुत-से फल लगे थे

Transliteration

evam ukto nalena atha tadā bhājasurir anapaḥ | āsasāda vane rājan phalavantaṃ bibhītakam ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: When Nala had spoken thus, then Bhājasuri—silent and without reply—came upon, in the forest, O king, a bibhītaka tree laden with fruit. The scene underscores restrained speech and attentive action: instead of argument, the king proceeds, letting deeds answer words.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

नलेनby Nala

अथthen

तदाat that time

ऋतुपर्णःRituparna

अनपःsilent / not speaking

आससादreached / came up to

वनेin the forest

राजन्O king

फलवन्तम्fruit-bearing

बिभीतकम्a bibhītaka tree (Terminalia bellirica)

Speaker

बृहदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadaśva

Nala

Bhājasuri (Ṛtupārṇa)

forest (vana)

bibhītaka tree

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes