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Book 03 – Chapter 072
BORI CE: 03-072-001 दमयन्त्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-001 दमयन्त्युवाच गच्छ केशिनि जानीहि क एष रथवाहकः |
M. N. Dutt: Damayanti said : OKeshini, do you go; and know who that charioteer is, sitting down on a side of the car, most unsightly and with short arms. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-002 अभ्येत्य कुशलं भद्रे मृदुपूर्वं समाहिता |
MN DUTT: 02-074-002 अभ्येत्य कुशलं भद्रे मृदुपूर्वं समाहिता |
M. N. Dutt: O gentle one, O blameless one, approaching him and becoming careful, do you ask his welfare; and do you enquire all the particulars about this person. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-003 अत्र मे महती शङ्का भवेदेष नलो नृपः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-003 अत्र मे महती शङ्का भवेदेष नलो नृपः |
M. N. Dutt: I am greatly afraid, lest this person be king Nala himself. For so great is the satisfaction of my mind, as also the easiness of my heart regarding this matter. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-004 ब्रूयाश्चैनं कथान्ते त्वं पर्णादवचनं यथा |
MN DUTT: 02-074-004 ब्रूयाश्चैनं कथान्ते त्वं पर्णादवचनं यथा |
M. N. Dutt: O one of beautiful waist, unblameable one, after you have finished your enquiry, tell him the words of Parnada and understand his reply to them. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-005 बृहदश्व उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-005 ततः समाहिता त्वा दूती बाहुकमब्रवीत् |
M. N. Dutt: Brihadashva said: Thereupon the female messenger carefully approached Bahuka and addressed him, while blessed Damayanti looked from her palace what would come to pass. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-006 केशिन्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-006 केशिन्युवाच स्वागतं ते मनुष्येन्द्र कुशलं ते ब्रवीम्यहम् |
M. N. Dutt: Keshini said: O best of men, O excellent of persons, you are welcome! I wish you prosperity! Now listen to the words of Damayanti with attention. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-007 कदा वै प्रस्थिता यूयं किमर्थमिह चागताः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-007 कदा वै प्रस्थिता यूयं किमर्थमिह चागताः |
M. N. Dutt: When did you start! What did you come here for? Tell me all the particulars; for the daughter of the king of the Vidharbhas wishes to hear all about these. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-008 बाहुक उवाच |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
Corresponding verse not found in M. N. Dutt's version. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-074-008 बाहुक उवाच राज्ञा कोसलेन श्रुतः स्वयंवरो महात्मना |
M. N. Dutt: Bahuka said: The high-souled monarch of Koshala had learnt from a Brahmana that there would be held a second Svayamvara of Damayanti. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-009 श्रुत्वा तं प्रस्थितो राजा शतयोजनयायिभिः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-009 श्रुत्वैतत् प्रस्थितो राजा शतयोजनयायिभिः |
M. N. Dutt: Hearing this, the monarch and myself as his charioteer, set out with excellent steeds, that are capable of travelling one hundred yojanas and that are as fleet as the wind itself. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-010 केशिन्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-010 केशिन्युवाच अथ योऽसौ तृतीयो व: स कुतः कस्य वा पुनः |
M. N. Dutt: Keshini said: Whence is the third among you come? And, again, whose (son) is he? Whose (son) are you and how has this work been performed by you? |
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BORI CE: 03-072-011 बाहुक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-011 बाहुक उवाच पुण्यश्लोकस्य वै सूतो वार्ष्णेय इति विश्रुतः |
M. N. Dutt: Bahuka said : Indeed, he is the charioteer of righteous Nala; and is known by the name of Varshneya. O blessed one, after Nala had been deprived of his kingdom, he came to the royal son of Vangasura. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-012 अहमप्यश्वकुशलः सूदत्वे च सुनिष्ठितः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-012 अहमण्यश्वकुशलः सूतत्वे च प्रतिष्ठितः |
M. N. Dutt: I am too, well versed in the management of horses, and hence I have been appointed as a charicteer. King Rituparna himself appointed me to be his charioteer as well as his cook. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-013 केशिन्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-013 केशिन्युवाच अथ जानाति वार्ष्णेयः क्व नु राजा नलो गतः |
M. N. Dutt: Keshini said: O Bahuka, Varshneya perhaps knows where has king Nala gone. He also may have told you about him. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-014 बाहुक उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-014 बाहुक उवाच इहैव पुत्रौ निक्षिप्य नलस्य शुभकर्मणः |
M. N. Dutt: Bahuka said: Having brought here the children of Nala, of golden deeds, he (Varshneya) then repaired to wherever he wished. Indeed, he does not know where the king of the Nishadhas is. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-015 न चान्यः पुरुषः कश्चिन्नलं वेत्ति यशस्विनि |
MN DUTT: 02-074-015 न चान्यः पुरुषः कश्चिन्नलं वेत्ति यशस्विनि |
M. N. Dutt: O glorious one, no other person knows the whereabouts of king Nala; for a king (in distress) roves about in the world unawares and with an unsightly appearance. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-016 आत्मैव हि नलं वेत्ति या चास्य तदनन्तरा |
MN DUTT: 02-074-016 आत्मैव त नलं वेद या चास्य तदनन्तरा |
M. N. Dutt: Nala's self only knows Nala; and she also knows him, who is his second self. Indeed, Nala never shows his own marks anywhere. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-017 केशिन्युवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-017 केशिन्युवाच योऽसावयोध्यां प्रथमं गतोऽसौ ब्राह्मणस्तदा |
M. N. Dutt: Keshini said : The Brahmana, who had first gone to the city of Ayodhya, uttered again and again these expressions, suitable to the lips of a female: |
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BORI CE: 03-072-018 क्व नु त्वं कितव छित्त्वा वस्त्रार्धं प्रस्थितो मम |
MN DUTT: 02-074-018 क्व नु त्वं कितवच्छित्त्वा वस्त्रार्धं प्रस्थितो मम |
M. N. Dutt: "O gambler, O dear one, where have you gone, tearing off half my garment and forsaking me, your devoted and beloved wife, asleep in the forest. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-019 सा वै यथा समादिष्टा तत्रास्ते त्वत्प्रतीक्षिणी |
MN DUTT: 02-074-019 सा वै यथा समादिष्टा तथाऽऽस्ते त्वत्प्रतीक्षिणी दह्यमाना दिवा रात्रौ वस्त्रार्धेनाभिसंवृता |
M. N. Dutt: Indeed, she herself, enjoined by you, remains there, expecting to receive you, clad only in half a piece of cloth and burning whole day and night in sorrow. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-020 तस्या रुदन्त्याः सततं तेन दुःखेन पार्थिव |
MN DUTT: 02-074-020 तस्या रुदन्त्याः सततं तेन दुःखेन पार्थिव |
M. N. Dutt: O monarch, O mighty one, as she is incessantly lamenting for that distress; so be you kind and give answer to her words. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-021 तस्यास्तत्प्रियमाख्यानं प्रब्रवीहि महामते |
MN DUTT: 02-074-021 तस्यास्तत् प्रियमाख्यानं प्रवदस्व महामते |
M. N. Dutt: O high-minded one, do you recite that story agreeable to her, which words that blameless daughter of Vidharbha wishes to hear.” |
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BORI CE: 03-072-022 एतच्छ्रुत्वा प्रतिवचस्तस्य दत्तं त्वया किल |
MN DUTT: 02-074-022 एतच्छ्रुत्वा प्रतिवचस्तस्य दत्तं त्वया किल |
M. N. Dutt: Hearing these words (as above), you formerly gave answer to the Brahmanas. As you did before, so do now; for the daughter of the king of the Vidharbhas wishes to hear them in detail. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-023 बृहदश्व उवाच |
MN DUTT: 02-074-023 बृहदश्व उवाच एवमुक्तस्य केशिन्या नलस्य कुरुनन्दन |
M. N. Dutt: Brihadashva said : O descendant of the Kuru race, hearing these words of Keshini, Nala's heart became afflicted with grief; and his eyes, too, were filled with tears. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-024 स निगृह्यात्मनो दुःखं दह्यमानो महीपतिः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-024 स निगृह्यात्मनो दुःखं दह्यमानो महीपतिः |
M. N. Dutt: Having suppressed his grief and burning with sorrow, the lord of the earth uttered again these words in a voice choked with tears. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-025 वैषम्यमपि संप्राप्ता गोपायन्ति कुलस्त्रियः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-025 बाहुक उवाच वैषम्यमपि सम्प्राप्ता गोपायन्ति कुलस्त्रियः |
M. N. Dutt: Bahuka said: Chaste women, falling in distress, protect themselves by their own efforts and thus doubtlessly obtain heaven. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-026 रहिता भर्तृभिश्चैव न क्रुध्यन्ति कदाचन |
MN DUTT: 02-074-026 रहिता भर्तृभिश्चापि न क्रुध्यन्ति कदाचन |
M. N. Dutt: The women, that are the best, become never angry and hold their lives, protected by the armour of good character, even if they be left by their husbands. |
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Corresponding verse not found in BORI CE |
MN DUTT: 02-074-027 विषमस्थेन मूढेन परिभ्रष्टसुखेन च |
M. N. Dutt: Because she has been abandoned by one, who himself has fallen in distress and who is foolish and deprived of all happiness. She, therefore, should not be angry. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-027 प्राणयात्रां परिप्रेप्सोः शकुनैर्हृतवाससः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-028 प्राणयात्रां परिप्रेप्सोः शकुनैर्हतवाससः |
M. N. Dutt: The lady of unchanging youth should not be angry with one, who deprived of his cloth by the birds, while seeking his food in the forest, is ever burning in grief. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-028 सत्कृतासत्कृता वापि पतिं दृष्ट्वा तथागतम् |
MN DUTT: 02-074-029 सत्कृतासत्कृता वापि पतिं दृष्ट्वा तथाविधम् |
M. N. Dutt: Behaved well or badly, the lady should not be angry with her husband, when he is in that miserable condition (that he is deprived of his kingdom and happiness); and also he is overtaken by hunger and distress. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-029 एवं ब्रुवाणस्तद्वाक्यं नलः परमदुःखितः |
MN DUTT: 02-074-030 एवं ब्रुवाणस्तद् वाक्यं नलः परमदुर्मनाः |
M. N. Dutt: O Bharata, while speaking these words, Nala, afflicted with calamity, could not check the flow of his tears and began to weep bitterly. |
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BORI CE: 03-072-030 ततः सा केशिनी गत्वा दमयन्त्यै न्यवेदयत् |
MN DUTT: 02-074-031 ततः सा केशिनी गत्वा दमयन्त्यै न्यवेदयत् |
M. N. Dutt: Thereupon Keshini went away and informed everything to Damayanti regarding that discourse (between herself and Nala), as also the overtaking of his calamity. |
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