Shloka 7

दमयन्ती-शपथः वायोः साक्ष्यं च

Damayantī’s Oath and Vāyu’s Testimony

Devanagari script

सा तत्‌ सर्व यथावृत्तं दमयन्त्यै न्यवेदयत्‌ । निमित्तं यत्‌ तया दृष्टं बाहुके दैवमानुषम्‌,उसने बाहुकमें जो दिव्य अथवा मानवोचित विशेषताएँ देखीं, उनका यथावत्‌ समाचार पूर्णरूपसे दमयन्तीको बताया

Transliteration

sā tat sarva yathāvṛttaṃ damayantyai nyavedayat | nimittaṃ yat tayā dṛṣṭaṃ bāhuke daivamānuṣam ||

Translation

நிகழ்ந்ததெல்லாம் நிகழ்ந்தபடியே அவள் தமயந்திக்கு முழுமையாக அறிவித்தாள்—குறிப்பாக பாஹுகனில் அவள் கண்ட தெய்வீகமோ மனிதருக்குரியதோ ஆகிய அறிகுறிகளையும், கண்டபடியே எடுத்துரைத்தாள்।

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'sā', 'definition': 'she (the woman/messenger previously mentioned)'}, {'term': 'tat sarvam', 'definition': 'all that

• the whole matter'}, {'term': 'yathā-vṛttam', 'definition': 'as it happened

• according to what actually occurred'}, {'term': 'damayantyai', 'definition': 'to Damayantī (dative singular)'}, {'term': 'nyavedayat', 'definition': 'reported, informed, communicated'}, {'term': 'nimittam', 'definition': 'a sign, indication, distinguishing mark

• omen-like clue'}, {'term': 'yat', 'definition': 'which

• that which'}, {'term': 'tayā dṛṣṭam', 'definition': 'seen by her

• observed by her'}, {'term': 'bāhuke', 'definition': 'in/with Bāhuka (locative)

• the person known as Bāhuka'}, {'term': 'daiva-mānuṣam', 'definition': 'divine or human

Speaker

बृहृदश्च उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadaśva
• Damayantī
• Bāhuka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes faithful reporting and truthfulness: conveying events 'as they happened' (yathāvṛttam) and presenting observed signs without distortion, so that right discernment and dharmic decision-making can follow.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman who has observed Bāhuka reports back to Damayantī, giving a complete and accurate account, including the distinctive indications in Bāhuka that seemed either divine or characteristically human—details relevant to recognizing his true identity.