Shloka 24
Damayantī’s Proposal of a Witnessed Choice; Nala Reports to the Lokapālas
Adhyāya 53
सा तानद्धुतरूपान् वै दृष्टया सखिगणावृता । ह्ृष्टा ग्रहीतुं खगमांस्त्वरमाणोपचक्रमे,सखियोंसे घिरी हुई राजकुमारी दमयन्ती उन अपूर्व पक्षियोंकों देखकर बहुत प्रसन्न हुई और तुरंत ही उन्हें पकड़नेकी चेष्टा करने लगी
sā tān adbhutarūpān vai dṛṣṭvā sakhigaṇāvṛtā | hṛṣṭā grahītuṃ khagamāṃs tvaramāṇopacakrame ||
Được các thị nữ vây quanh, công chúa Damayantī vừa thấy những con chim có dáng vẻ kỳ diệu ấy thì lòng tràn hoan hỷ, liền vội vã bắt lấy chúng.
बृहृदश्चव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the natural human attraction to beauty and novelty and the quick impulse to possess it; in epic storytelling this often serves as a moral prelude, reminding readers to notice how small desires and spontaneous actions can open the way to larger, destiny-shaping events.
Damayantī, accompanied by her friends, sees extraordinary birds and, delighted, rushes to catch them—an episode that sets up the ensuing developments in the Nala–Damayantī story.