Shloka 13
नलस्य दमयन्त्युत्सर्गः
Nala’s Abandonment of Damayantī in the Lodging Hall
निवेद्यतां नैषधाय सर्वा: प्रकृतयः स्थिता: । अमृष्यमाणा व्यसन राज्ञो धर्मार्थदर्शिन:,“आप निषधराजसे निवेदन कर दें। धर्म-अर्थका तत्त्व जाननेवाले महाराजके भावी संकटको सहन न कर सकनेके कारण मन्त्रियोंसहित सारी प्रजा द्वारपर खड़ी है”
nivedyatāṃ naiṣadhāya sarvāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ | amṛṣyamāṇā vyasanaṃ rājño dharmārthadarśinaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Bṛhadaśva: “Ipaabot sa hari ng Niṣadha na ang lahat ng mga pinuno at mamamayan ay nagkatipon. Hindi nila matiis ang nalalapit na kapahamakan na nagbabantang dumapo sa hari—na nakakakita ng dharma at artha—kaya sila’y naghihintay sa pintuan, kasama ang mga ministro.”
ब॒हृदश्चव उवाच
Educational Q&A
A righteous and prudent king (dharmārthadarśin) is not merely a private individual; his welfare is bound to the welfare of the realm. The verse highlights the ethical duty of subjects and ministers to respond to looming danger with collective concern and timely counsel, and the ideal of governance grounded in dharma and artha.
Bṛhadaśva instructs that a message be conveyed to the Naiṣadha king: the people and officials of the kingdom, together with ministers, have gathered at the door, distressed and unable to bear the king’s impending misfortune, seeking to intervene or inform him.