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

ਬ੍ਰਿਹਦਸ਼ਵ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਜਦ ਭੀਮ ਦੀ ਧੀ ਦਮਯੰਤੀ ਨੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਧ ਦੇ ਰਾਜਾ ਨਲ ਨੂੰ ਵਰਿਆ, ਤਦ ਮਹਾਂਤੇਜਸਵੀ ਲੋਕਪਾਲ ਉੱਥੇ ਹਾਜ਼ਰ ਸਨ।

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)