Shloka 6
कलेर्द्वापरस्य च नले प्रति कोपः
Kali and Dvāpara’s Resolve Against Nala
प्राप्तुमिच्छन्ति देवास्त्वां शक्रोग्निर्वरुणो यम: । तेषामन्यतमं देवं पतित्वे वरयस्व ह,“इन्द्र, अग्नि, वरुण और यम--ये देवतालोग तुम्हें प्राप्त करना चाहते हैं। तुम उनमेंसे किसी एक देवताको पतिरूपमें चुन लो'
prāptum icchanti devās tvāṃ śakro 'gnir varuṇo yamaḥ | teṣām anyatamaṃ devaṃ patitvaṃ varayasva ha ||
“ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ), അഗ്നി, വരുണൻ, യമൻ— ഈ ദേവന്മാർ നിന്നെ നേടാൻ ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു. അതിനാൽ അവരിൽ ഏതെങ്കിലും ഒരുദേവനെ ഭർത്താവായി വരിക്ക.”
बृहृदश्च उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds agency and discernment within dharma: even amid divine pressure and extraordinary circumstances, the woman is explicitly asked to choose—suggesting that rightful union should involve consent and deliberate selection, not mere power or coercion.
Bṛhadaśva reports that four major deities—Indra, Agni, Varuṇa, and Yama—seek the woman, and he instructs her to select any one of them as her husband, setting up a decisive moment of choice that will shape subsequent events.