Shloka 53

दमयन्तीस्वयंवरः — देववेषधारणं, सत्यप्रार्थना, नलवरणम्

Damayantī’s Svayaṃvara: Divine Disguises, Truth-Vow, and Choosing Nala

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत नलोपाख्यानपर्वमें हंसदमयन्तीयंवादविषयक तिरपनवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṃ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvaṇi antargate nalopākhyānaparvaṇi haṃsadamyantīyāṃvādaviṣayakaḥ tripañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ശ്രീമഹാഭാരതത്തിലെ വനപർവാന്തർഗതമായ നലോപാഖ്യാനത്തിൽ ഹംസം–ദമയന്തി സംവാദവിഷയകമായ അമ്പത്തിമൂന്നാം അധ്യായം സമാപ്തമായി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारत: of the revered Mahabharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वनपर्व: in the Vana Parva (Forest Book)
• वनपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained (within)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नलोपाख्यानपर्व: in the Nala-upakhyana section
• नलोपाख्यानपर्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नलोपाख्यानपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हंसदमयन्तीयंवादविषयक: concerning the dialogue of the swan (with) Damayanti
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हंसदमयन्तीयंवादविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिपञ्चाशत्तमः: fifty-third
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिपञ्चाशत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: is completed/ended
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आप् (समाप्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

बृहृदश्चव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Vana Parva
• Nala-upākhyāna
• Haṃsa (swan)
• Damayantī
• Bṛhadaśva