Shloka 5

Damayantī’s Lament, Serpent-Seizure, Rescue by the Hunter, and the Curse

Devanagari script

बृहत्सेने व्रजामात्यानानाय्य नलशासनात्‌ | आचक्ष्व यद्धृतं द्रव्यमवशिष्टं च यद्‌ वसु,(दमयन्तीने उससे कहा)--“बृहत्सेने! तुम मन्त्रियोंक पास जाओ तथा राजा नलकी आज्ञासे उन्हें बुला लाओ। फिर उन्हें यह बताओ कि अमुक-अमुक द्रव्य हारा जा चुका है और अमुक धन अभी अवशिष्ट है!

Translation

Damayantī disse-lhe: “Bṛhatsenā, vai aos ministros e, por ordem do rei Nala, traz-lhes aqui. Depois, informa-lhes quais bens já foram perdidos no jogo e quais riquezas ainda restam.”

Word by Word

• बृहत्सेने: O Brihatsena
• बृहत्सेने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत्सेन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्रज: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अमात्यान्: ministers
• अमात्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• आनाय्य: having brought (having summoned)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada

• नलशासनात्: from/according to Nala's command
• नलशासनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नल-शासन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• आचक्ष्व: tell, report
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• यत्: what/that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• धृतम्: won/held (here: taken away, won in gambling)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• द्रव्यम्: property, goods
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अवशिष्टम्: remaining, left over
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-शिष्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यत्: what/that which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• वसु: wealth, treasure
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

बृहृदश्चव उवाच