Shloka 33

दमयन्त्याः कार्यनिश्चयः — Damayantī’s Crisis Plan and Vārṣṇeya’s Departure

Devanagari script

दमयन्ती तथा वाग्भिरभिनन्द्य कृताज्जलि: । तौ परस्परत: प्रीतौ दृष्टवा त्वग्निपुरोगमान्‌

Transliteration

damayantī tathā vāgbhir abhinandya kṛtāñjaliḥ | tau parasparataḥ prītau dṛṣṭvā tv agnipurogamān ||

Translation

Damayantī chắp tay cung kính, dùng lời nhã nhặn mà chào mừng họ. Thấy hai người đều hoan hỷ với nhau, nàng liền đưa mắt nhìn về phía những vị đang tiến bước với Agni dẫn đầu—một điềm lành xác chứng sự hòa hợp của họ và sự đúng đắn trong hành vi ấy.

Word by Word

• दमयन्ती: Damayanti
• दमयन्ती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दमयन्ती (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• वाग्भिः: with words/speech
• वाग्भिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• अभिनन्द्य: having greeted/commended
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-नन्द् (धातुः)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• कृत-अञ्जलिः: with hands joined (in reverence)
• कृत-अञ्जलिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातुज) + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तौ: those two/them both
• तौ: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• परस्परतः: mutually/each other
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिकम्) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्ययः)

• प्रीतौ: pleased/delighted
• प्रीतौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातुः)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अग्नि-पुरोगमान्: those who had Fire in front / led by Agni
• अग्नि-पुरोगमान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिकम्) + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिकम्)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Damayantī
• Agni

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights ethical conduct through respectful speech and gesture (kṛtāñjali), showing how courtesy and mutual goodwill help restore harmony; auspicious guidance (Agni leading) underscores alignment with dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bṛhadaśva narrates that Damayantī respectfully greets them with kind words and folded hands; observing the pair’s mutual happiness, she notices those moving ahead with Agni as their leader, indicating an auspicious, divinely guided progression.