Shloka 3

दमयन्ती–बाहुकसंवादः

Damayantī’s Dialogue with Bāhuka; Recognition and Disclosure

Devanagari script

अत्र मे महती शड़्का भवेदेष नलो नृप: । यथा च मनसस्तुष्टिहददयस्य च निर्वति:,इसके विषयमें मुझे बड़ी भारी शंका है। सम्भव है, इस वेषमें राजा नल ही हों। मेरे मनमें जैसा संतोष है और हृदयमें जैसी शान्ति है, इसे मेरी उक्त धारणा पुष्ट हो रही है

Transliteration

atra me mahatī śaṅkā bhaved eṣa nalo nṛpaḥ | yathā ca manasaḥ tuṣṭir hṛdayasya ca nirvṛtiḥ ||

Translation

Bṛhadaśva said: “Here a great doubt arises in me: perhaps this man is King Nala in disguise. The satisfaction in my mind and the calm repose in my heart seem to confirm that very suspicion.”

Word by Word

अत्रhere/in this matter

मेof me/to me

महतीgreat

शङ्काdoubt/suspicion

भवेत्might be/arise

एषःthis (man)

नलःNala

नृपःking

यथाas/how

चand

मनसःof (my) mind

तुष्टिःcontentment/satisfaction

हृदयस्यof (my) heart

चand

निर्वृतिःpeace/relief/quietude

Speaker

बृहदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bṛhadaśva

Nala

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes