Shloka 34

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

Devanagari script

वृते तु नैषधे भैम्या लोकपाला महौजस:

Transliteration

vṛte tu naiṣadhe bhaimyā lokapālā mahaujasaḥ

Translation

ബൃഹദശ്വൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഭീമന്റെ പുത്രിയായ ദമയന്തി നിഷധരാജനായ നളനെ വരിച്ചപ്പോൾ, മഹാതേജസ്സുള്ള ലോകപാലകർ അവിടെ സന്നിഹിതരായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• वृते: when (he) was chosen
• वृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (वरणे) → वृत (क्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नैषधे: in Nala (the king of Niṣadha)
• नैषधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैषध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भैम्या: by Bhīmī (Damayantī)
• भैम्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैमी
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• लोकपालाः: the guardians of the worlds (Lokapālas)
• लोकपालाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकपाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• महौजसः: of great splendor/might
• महौजसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महौजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Nala (Naiṣadha)
• Damayantī (Bhaimyā)
• Lokapālas (guardians of the worlds)