Shloka 2

दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure

Devanagari script

तच्छुत्वा पृथिवीपाला: सर्वे हच्छयपीडिता: । त्वरिता: समुपाजम्मुर्दमयन्तीम भीप्सव:,यह सुनकर सब भूपाल कामपीड़ित हो दमयन्तीको पानेकी इच्छासे तुरंत चल दिये

Transliteration

tac chrutvā pṛthivīpālāḥ sarve hṛcchayapīḍitāḥ | tvaritāḥ samupājagmur damayantīm abhīpsavaḥ ||

Translation

അത് കേട്ടപ്പോൾ എല്ലാ ഭൂപാലരും കാമതാപത്തിൽ പീഡിതരായി, ദമയന്തിയെ നേടണമെന്ന ആഗ്രഹത്തോടെ ഉടൻ തന്നെ അതിവേഗം പുറപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (news/statement)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral), Non-finite

• पृथिवीपालाः: kings (protectors of the earth)
• पृथिवीपालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवीपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हर्षयपीडिताः: afflicted by desire/passion (lit. tormented by 'harṣaya')
• हर्षयपीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्षय-पीडित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle) from पीड्

• त्वरिताः: hastened, in haste
• त्वरिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (PPP) from त्वर्

• समुपाजग्मुः: they went/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उप-आ-गम् (धातु: गम्)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• दमयन्तीम्: Damayantī
• दमयन्तीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमयन्ती
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अभीप्सवः: desiring (to obtain)
• अभीप्सवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभीप्सु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, उ (desiderative adjectival) from आप्/ईप्स् (to desire/obtain)

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• pṛthivīpālāḥ (kings)
• Damayantī