pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: बृहदश्व उवाच वृते तु नैषधे भैम्या लोकपाला महौजसः। यान्तो ददृशुरायान्तं द्वापरं कलिना सह॥
English: Brihadashva said: After the daughter of Bhima had accepted the king of the Nishadhas as her husband, the protectors of the worlds, of great energy, met, when they were returning, Dvapara accompanied by Kali, approaching towards them.
Sanskrit: अथाब्रवीत् कलिं शक्रः सम्प्रेक्ष्य बलवृत्रहा। द्वापरेण सहायेन कले ब्रूहि क्व यास्यसि॥
English: Shakra, the slayer of Vala and Vritra, beholding Kali, said to him, 'O Kali, tell me, whither are you going with Dvapara as your companion?'
Sanskrit: ततोऽब्रवीत् कलिः शक्रं दमयन्त्याः स्वयंवरम्। गत्वा हि वरयिष्ये तां मनो हि मम तां गतम्॥
English: Thereupon Kali replying to Shakra's words said, 'Hearing the Svayamvara of Damayanti, I am going there. I shall take her to be my wife; for my heart has been captivated by her?'
Sanskrit: तमब्रवीत् प्रहस्येन्द्रो निर्वृत्तः स स्वयंवरः। वृतस्तया नलो राजा पतिरस्मत्समीपतः॥
English: Indra smilingly said to him, “That Svayamvara is now over; king Nala has been accepted by her as her husband even in our presence.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तस्तु शक्रेण कलिः कोपसमन्वितः। देवानामन्त्र्य तान् सर्वानुवाचेदं वचस्तदा॥
English: Thus spoken to by Shakra, Kali, the viler among the celestials, waxing worth, said to them (celestials) all, the following words:
Sanskrit: देवानां मानुषं मध्ये यत् सा पतिमविन्दत। ततस्तस्या भवेन्न्याय्यं विपुलं दण्डधारणम्॥
English: "In as much as neglecting the divinities she has accepted a man for her husband, it is but severe cquitable that she shall suffer punishment?”
Sanskrit: एवमुक्ते तु कलिना प्रत्यूचुस्ते दिवौकसः। अस्माभिः समनुज्ञाते दमयन्त्या नलो वृतः॥
English: When Kali had spoken in the above manner, the celestials replied, “With our permission, Nala has been chosen by Damayanti.
Sanskrit: का च सर्वगुणोपेतं नाश्रयेत नलं नृपम्। यो वेदधर्मानखिलान् यथावच्चरितव्रतः॥ योऽधीते चतुरो वेदान् सर्वानाख्यानपञ्चमान्। नित्यं तृप्ता गृहे यस्य देवा यज्ञेषुधर्मतः। अहिंसानिरतो यश्च सत्यवादी दृढव्रतः॥ यस्मिन् दाक्ष्यंधृतिर्ज्ञानं तपः शौचं दमः शमः। ध्रुवाणि पुरुषव्याने लोकपालसमे नृपे॥ एवंरूपं नलं यो वै कामयेच्छपितुं कले। आत्मानं स शपेन्मूढो हन्यादात्मानमात्मना॥
English: Also what maiden would not accept Nala as her lord, who is endued with all (excellent) qualities, who is acquainted with all systems of religion, who is a strict observer of vows, who has studied the four Vedas as also the Puranas that are styled the fifth; in whose house the deities are always satisfied by Sacrifices performed in accordance with the rules prescribed for their observance; who never docs any harm to any one, who is truthful and of unshaken vows; in whom truthfulness, forgiveness, knowledge, rigid austerities, purity, self-control and quiescence are ever present; who is the foremost of kings, like the guardians of the worlds. O Kali, that foolish creature, that desires to imprecate Nala of this description, does surely curse his own self and does kill himself by his own agency.
Sanskrit: एवंगुणं नलं यो वै कामयेच्छपितुं कले। कृच्छ्रे स नरके मज्जेदगाधे विपुले ह्रदे। एवमुक्त्वा कलिं देवा द्वापरं च दिवं ययुः॥
English: O Kali, he that wishes to pronounce malediction on Nala of such qualities, sinks into the vast, unfathomable, lake of hell replete with various torments. "Thus speaking to Kali and Dvapara the celestials repaired to heaven.
Sanskrit: ततो गतेषु देवेषु कलिपरमब्रवीत्। संहर्तुं नोत्सहे कोपं नले वत्स्यामि द्वापर॥ भ्रंशयिष्यामि तं राज्यान्न भैम्या सह रंस्यते। त्वमप्यक्षान् समाविश्य साहाय्यं कर्तुमर्हसि॥
English: After the celestials had disappeared, Kali said to Dvapara, 'O Dvapara, I cannot restrain my wrath, I will enter into the Nala and disposes him of his kingdom. He shall not any longer hold any dalliance with the daughter of Bhima. Placing yourself at the dice, you ought to help me.
Sanskrit: बृहदश्व उवाच एवं स समयं कृत्वा द्वापरेण कलिः सह। आजगाम ततस्तत्र यत्र राजा स नैषधः॥
English: Brihadashva said : Having entered into this agreement with Dvapara, Kali came to the place where the king of the Nishadhas was.
Sanskrit: स नित्यमन्तरप्रेप्सुनिषधेष्ववसच्चिरम्। अथास्य द्वादशे वर्षे ददर्श कलिरन्तरम्॥
English: Always intent on detecting a flaw in Nala, he resided in the country of the Nishadhas. In the twelfth vear Kali found out a fault of his.
Sanskrit: कृत्वा मूत्रमुपस्पृश्य संध्यामन्वास्त नैषधः। अकृत्वा पादयोः शौचं तत्रै कलिराविशत्॥
English: Naishadha, after having with water, rinsed his mouth, performed the Sandhya ceremony, without having previously washed his two feet. Thereupon Kali possessed him.
Sanskrit: स समाविश्य च नलं समीपं पुष्करस्य च। गत्वा पुष्करमाहेदमेहि दीव्य नलेन वै॥
English: He, having entered into Nala, went to Pushkara and said to the latter, “Come, play at dice with Nala?
Sanskrit: अक्षयूते नलं जेता भवान् हि सहितो मया। निषधान् प्रतिपद्यस्व जित्वा राज्यं नलं नृपम्॥
English: With my help you shall conquer Nala at a game of dice; and vanquishing king Nala and wining his kingdom, do you govern the Nishadhas?"
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तस्तु कलिना पुष्करो नलमभ्ययात्। कलिश्चैव वृषो भूत्वा गवां पुष्करमभ्ययात्॥
English: Thus spoken to by Kali, Pusłıkara went to Nala; Kali also repaired to Pushkara becoming the principal die.
Sanskrit: आसाद्य तु नलं वीरं पुष्करः परवीरहा। दीव्यावेत्यब्रवीद् भ्राता वृषेणेति मुहुर्मुहुः।।
English: Pushkara, the chastiser of hostile heroes, having approached the warlike Nala, repeatedly asked him to game together at dice.
Sanskrit: न चक्षमे ततो राजा समाह्वानं महामनाः। वैदाः प्रेक्षमाणायाः पणकालममन्यत॥
English: Thereupon the illustrious monarch could not desire to reject the summons. For the reason of Damayanti's presence there, he fixed the time for game also.
Sanskrit: हिरण्यस्य सुवर्णस्य यानयुग्यस्य वाससाम्। आविष्टः कलिना द्यूते जीयते स्म नलस्तदा॥ तमक्षमदसम्मत्तं सुहृदां न तु कश्चन। निवारणेऽभवच्छतो दीव्यमानमरिदमम्॥
English: Being taken up by Kali, the prince Nala lost at dice his gold and silver statues, his cars with their teams and also the valuable garments. The illustrious chastiser of the foes was maddened at the game, from which none of his friends could make him desist.
Sanskrit: ततः पौरजनाः सर्वे मन्त्रिभिः सह भारत। राजानं द्रष्टुमागच्छन् निवारयितुमातुरम्॥
English: Thereupon, O Bharata, all the inhabitants of the city with the ministers came to see the troubled prince and also to dissuade him (from the play).
Sanskrit: तत: सूत उपागम्य दमयन्त्यै न्यवेदयत्। पौरजनो देवि द्वारि तिष्ठति कार्यवान्॥
English: Then the charioteer, having approached Damayanti, said to her" 'O auspicious one, all the citizens and the state officers are staying at the gate."
Sanskrit: निवेद्यतां नैषधाय सर्वाः प्रकृतयः स्थिताः। अमृष्यमाणा व्यसनं राज्ञोधर्मार्थदर्शिनः॥
English: O lady, do you inform the king of the Nishadhas that all his citizens have come here, who cannot rcally bear with the calamitous game of their monarch, who is so very well versed in virtue and in the acquisition or wealth.
Sanskrit: ततः सा बाष्पकलया वाचा दुःखेन कर्शिता। उवाच नैषधं भैमी शोकोपहतचेतना॥
English: Thereupon the daughter of Bhima, overpowered by grief and deprived of scnses by distresses, said to the prince of the Nishadhas in terins chocked with tears-
Sanskrit: राजन् पौरजनो द्वारि त्वां दिदृक्षुरवस्थितः। मन्त्रिभिः सहितः सर्वे राजभक्तिपुरस्कृतः॥ तं द्रष्टुमर्हसीत्येवं पुनः पुनरभाषत। तां तथा रुचिरापाङ्गी विलपन्तीं तथाविधाम्॥ आविष्टः कलिना राजा नाभ्यभाषत किंचन। ततस्ते मन्त्रिणः सर्वे ते चैव पुरवासिनः॥ नायमस्तीति दुःखार्ता वीडिता जग्मुरालयान्। तथा तदभवद् द्यूतं पुष्करस्य नलस्य च। युधिष्ठिर बहून् मासान् पुण्यश्लोकस्त्वजीयत॥
English: 'O king! foremost in loyalty, all the citizens accompanied by the ministers, are waiting at the gate with the desire of seeing you.' She repeatedly told him to grant them an interview. But as the king was possessed by Kali, he answered nothing to them or his queen of handsome looks, who gave utterance to her sorrows thus: And the counselors and all the citizens, overwhelmed with grief and shame and having uttered (unto themselves) that he would never stand, went back to their homes; and thence forward. O Yudhishthira, the gambling of Pushkara and Nala continued for several months, while the righteous king was always defeated.
Sanskrit: बृहदश्व उवाच दमयन्ती ततो दृष्ट्वा पुण्यश्लोकं नराधिपम्। उन्मत्तवदनुन्मत्ता देवने गतचेतसम्॥ भयशोकसमाविष्टा राजन् भीमसुता ततः। चिन्तयामास तत् कार्यं सुमहत् पार्थिवं प्रति॥
English: Brihadshava said : Damayanti beheld the righteous king to be maddened at the gambling and deprived of his reason. Thereupon, O Monarch, the daughter of Bhima was overwhelmed with terror and grief and meditated upon the seriousness of the matter regarding the king, her husband.
Sanskrit: सा शङ्कमाना तत् पापं चिकीर्षन्ती च तत्प्रियम्। नलं च हृतसर्वस्वमुपलभ्येदमब्रवीत्॥ बृहत्सेनामतियशां तांधात्री परिचारिकाम्। हितां सर्वार्थकुशलामनुरक्तां सुभाषिताम्॥
English: Beholding Nala deprived of all his possessions and being afraid of the calamity that had befallen her husband and desirous of doing good to him, Damayanti addressed to her nurse and maid-servant who was most noted, well-meaning beloved and intent upon doing good to all and well-speaking-these words-
Sanskrit: बृहत्सेने व्रजामात्यानानाय्य नलशासनात्। आचक्ष्व यद्भूतं द्रव्यमवशिष्टं च यद् वसु॥
English: 'O Brihadsena! inviting all the ministers in the name of king Nala, go and inform them what things are lost and what wealth still remains.
Sanskrit: ततस्ते मन्त्रिणः सर्वे विज्ञाय नलशासनम्। अपि नो भागधेयं स्यादित्युक्त्वा नलमाव्रजन्॥
English: Thereupon all the ministers, having been informed of the summons of the king, uttered"O this was most unfortunate for them all” and advanced to Nala,
Sanskrit: तास्तु सर्वाः प्रकृतयो द्वितीयं समुपस्थिताः। न्यवेदयद् भीमसुता न च तत् प्रत्यनन्दत॥
English: When again the daughter of Bhima informed Nala, that all his subjects came there in a body for the second time, the king said nothing to her in reply.
Sanskrit: वाक्यमप्रतिनन्दन्तं भर्तारमभिवीक्ष्य सा। दमयन्ती पुनर्वेश्म वीडिता प्रविवेश ह॥ निशम्य सततं चाक्षान् पुण्यश्लोकपराङ्मुखान्। नलं च हृतसर्वस्वंधात्री पुनरुवाच ह॥ बृहत्सेने पुनर्गच्छ वार्ष्णेयं नलशासनात्। सूतमानय कल्याणि महत् कार्यमुपस्थितम्॥
English: Damayanti, beholding that her lord uttered not a word to her in reply, felt shame and entered her own apartments. And also hearing that the virtuous Nala was always defeated at dice and deprived of all his possessions, she spoke again unto her nurse, Brihadsena! O blessed one do you go and summon, in the name of Nala, Varshneya, the charioteer, as a very serious matter is near at hand.
Sanskrit: बृहत्सेना तु सा श्रुत्वा दमयन्त्याः प्रभाषितम्। वार्ष्णेयमानयामास पुरुषैराप्तकारिभिः॥ वार्ष्णेयं तु ततो भैमी सान्त्वयश्लक्ष्णया गिरा। उवाच देशकालज्ञा प्राप्तकालमनिन्दिता॥
English: Hearing the words of Damayanti, Brihadsena brought Varshneya summoned by faithful servants. Thereupon the daughter of Bhima, who was unblameable and was never out of place or season, consoled Varshneya by sweet speeches and said to him words suitable to the occasion-
Sanskrit: जानीषे त्वं यथा राजा सम्यग् वृत्तः सदा त्वयि। तस्य त्वं रिषमस्थस्य साहाय्यं कर्तुमर्हसि॥
English: It is known to you how always you were treated by the monarch. Now it is necessary for you therefore, to remember this and help him in his distress.
Sanskrit: यथा यथा हि नृपतिः पुष्करेणैव जीयते। तथा तथास्य वै छूते रागो भूयोऽभिवर्धते॥
English: The more the king is defeated by Pushkara in the game, the greater becomes his earnestness for it.
Sanskrit: यथा च पुष्करस्याक्षाः पतन्ति वशवर्तिनः। तथा विपर्ययश्चापि नलस्याक्षेषु दृश्यते॥
English: As the dice fall in accordance with the commands of Pushkara, so it is seen they are adverse to the interests of Nala in the play.
Sanskrit: सुहृत्स्वजनवाक्यानि यथावन्न शृणोति च। ममापि च तथा वाक्यं नाभिनन्दति मोहितः॥ नूनं मन्ये न दोषोऽस्ति नैषधस्य महात्मनः। यत् तु मे वचनं राजा नाभिनन्दति मोहितः॥
English: Deeply engaged in the game, as he is deaf regarding the advices of his friends and relatives, so he does not accept my counsel. Surely me-seems, the high-souled Naishadha is not to be blamed for his not listening to my words, absorbed as he is in the game.
Sanskrit: शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नास्मि सारथे कुरु मद्वचः। न हि मे शुध्यते भावः कदाचिद् विनशेदपि॥
English: O charioteer! I seek your protection. Act according to my commands. My mind is not very sanguine. King Nala may come to danger.
Sanskrit: नलस्य दयितानश्वान् योजयित्वा मनोजवान्। इदमारोप्य मिथुनं कुण्डिनं यातुमर्हसि॥
English: Yoking the favourite steeds of Nala, fleet as the glance of mind and placing my twins (a son and a daughter) on the car, you should repair to Kundina in all haste.
Sanskrit: मम ज्ञातिषु निक्षिप्य दारको स्यन्दनं तथा। अश्वांश्चमान् यथाकामं वस वान्यत्र गच्छ वा॥
English: Leaving the children and the car and these horses with my relatives, do you go there or go away wherever it pleases you to go,'
Sanskrit: दमयन्त्यास्तु तद् वाक्यं वार्ष्णेयो नलसारथिः। न्यवेदयशेषेण नलामात्येषु मुख्यशः॥
English: Varshneya the charioteer of Nala, told in detail these words of Damayanti to the chief counsellors of Nala.
Sanskrit: तैः समेत्य विनिश्चित्य सोऽनुज्ञातो महीपते। ययौ मिथुनमारोग्य विदर्भास्तेन वाहिना॥
English: O lord of earth! deciding (the matter) with their aid and with their permission placing the children on the chariot the charioteer hastened towards Vidarbha.
Sanskrit: हयांस्तत्र विनिक्षिप्य सूतो रथवरं च तम्। इन्द्रसेनां च तां कन्यामिन्द्रसेनं च बालकम्॥ आमन्त्र्य भीमं राजानमार्तः शोचन् नलं नृपम्। अटमानस्ततोऽयोध्या जगाम नगरी तदा॥
English: There leaving the horses, the excellent of cars and the boy Indrasena and the girl Indrasena and saluting king Bhima and afflicted and grieving for Nala, the charioteer started from that place and repaired to the town of Ayodhya.
Sanskrit: ऋतुपर्णं स राजानमुपतस्थे सुदुःखितः। भृति चोपययौ तस्य सारथ्येन महीपते॥
English: He approached king Rituparna with a sorrowful heart and entered into the service of the monarch as a charioteer.
Sanskrit: नल उवाच यथा राज्यं तव पितुस्तथा मम न संशयः। न तु तत्र गमिष्यामि विषमस्थः कथंचन॥
English: Nala said: No doubt, your father's kingdom is the same as mine own. But thither by any means I will not go, being in embarrassed circumstances.
Sanskrit: कथं समृद्धो गत्वाहं तव हर्षविवर्धनः। परिच्युतो गमिष्यामि तव शोकविवर्धनः॥
English: There was a time when repairing there in all my prosperity, I enhanced your delight. Shorn of it (prosperity) how can I now repair there to add to your sorrow?
Sanskrit: बृहदश्व उवाच इति ब्रुवन् नलो राजा दमयन्तीं पुनः पुनः। सान्त्वयामास कल्याणी वाससोऽर्धेन संवृताम्॥ तावेकवस्त्रसंवीतावटमानावितस्ततः। क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्तौ सभां कांचिदुपेयतुः॥
English: Brihadhsava said: Thus repeatedly speaking unto Damayanti, used to all happiness, king Nala tried to console her, now clad only in half of her cloth. Both of them wrapped in a single piece of cloth, when wandering this way and that, arrived at an inn, worn out with hunger and thirst.
Sanskrit: तां सभामुपसम्प्राप्य तदा स निषधाधिपः। वैदा सहितो राजा निषसाद महीतले॥
English: Then on reaching that inn, the ruler of the Nishadhas seated himself on the surface of the earth with the daughter of the king of Vidharbha.
Sanskrit: स वै विवस्त्रो विकटो मलिनः पांसुगुण्ठितः। दमयन्त्या सह श्रान्तः सुष्वापधरणीतले॥
English: Destitute of his garments, unsightly, with his person unclean, covered with dust, he laid himself down with Damayanti on the surface of the earth in fatigue.
Sanskrit: दमयन्त्यपि कल्याणी निद्रयापहृता ततः। सहसा दुःखमासाद्य सुकुमारी तपस्विनी॥
English: Then ever used to happiness, the comcly and innocent Damayanti, too, suddenly visited with misfortune, became unconscious in sleep.
Sanskrit: सुप्तायां दमयन्त्यां तु नलो राजा विशाम्यते। शोकोन्मथितचित्तात्मा न स्म शेते तथा पुरा॥
English: O lord of your subjects! when Damayanti fell asleep, king Nala, owing to his heart and mind being agitated with grief, could not sleep as before (in his days of happiness).
Sanskrit: स तद् राज्यापहरणं सुहृत्त्यागं च सर्वशः। वने च तं परिध्वंसं प्रेक्ष्य चिन्तामुपेयिवान्॥
English: He, musing over the loss of his kingdom, his abandonment by his friends, the disaster he met with in the forest and over his other misfortunes, began to reflect (in the following manner).
Sanskrit: नु किं मे स्यादिदं कृत्वा किं नु मे स्यादकुर्वतः। किं नु मे मरणं श्रेयः परित्यागो जनस्य वा॥
English: “What will accrue from my doing this? And what from my not doing this? Which is preferable to me now, my death or the desertion of my wife?
Sanskrit: मामियं हनुरक्तवं दुःखमाप्नोति मत्कृते। मद्विहीना त्वियं गच्छेत् कदाचित् स्वजनं प्रति॥
English: She is (fondly) attached unto myself. For this reason she suffer these afflictions for me. But (when) forsaken by me, she may possibly repair to her relatives.
Sanskrit: मयि नि:संशयं दुःखमियं प्राप्स्यत्यनुव्रता। उत्सर्गे संशयः स्यात् तु विन्देतापि सुखं क्वचित्।।
English: Devoted as she is to me, she is sure to suffer distress if she accompanies me; but it is doubtful, whether she would suffer them or not, were I to forsake her. Perchance, she may sometime attain to happiness."
Sanskrit: स विनिश्चित्य बहुधा विचार्य च पुनः पुनः। उत्सर्ग मन्यते श्रेयो दमयन्त्या नराधिप॥
English: O Monarch! thus repeatedly cogitating over this subject and reflecting again and again about it, he (at last) decided the desertion of Damayanti to be the best course open to him.
Sanskrit: न चैषा तेजसा शक्या कैश्चिद्धर्षयितुं पथि। यशस्विनी महाभागा मद्भक्तेयं पतिव्रता॥
English: For her spiritedness, nobody will be able to insult, on the way, this high-souled, chaste and illustrious lady who is (fondly) devoted to me.'
Sanskrit: एवं तस्य तदा बुद्धिर्दमयन्त्यां न्यवर्तत। कलिना दुष्टभावेन दमयन्त्या विसर्जने।॥
English: Thus through the instrumentality of the wicked Kali, his mind then ceased to dwell on Damayanti and he settled his purpose of abandoning her.
Sanskrit: सोऽवस्त्रताममात्मनश्च तस्याश्चाप्येकवस्त्रताम्। चिन्तयित्वाध्यगाद् राजा वस्त्रार्धस्यावकर्तनम्॥
English: Thinking of his own want of garment and of Damayanti's being clad in a single piece of cloth, the King intended to pair off half of her cloth.
Sanskrit: कथं वासो विकर्तेयं न च बुध्येत मे प्रिया। विचिन्त्यैवं नलो राजा सभां पर्यचरत्तदा॥
English: 'How shall I cut off her cloth, so that my beloved may not awake.' Thus thinking, king Nala then began to wander about that inn.
Sanskrit: परिधावनथ नल इतश्चेतश्च भारत। आससाद सभोद्देशे विकोशं खङ्गमुत्तमम्॥
English: O descendant of Bharata's race! walking with hasty steps up and down, Nala obtained, near the inn, an excellent unsheathed sword.
Sanskrit: तेनार्धं वाससश्छित्त्वा निवस्य च परंतपः। सुप्तामुत्सृज्य वैदर्भी प्राद्रवद् गतचेतनाम्॥
English: That chastiser of his enemies, having with this sword cut off one half of her cloth, wore it. And then leaving the daughter of the Vidharbha king asleep and unconscious, he hurriedly went away.
Sanskrit: ततो निवृत्तहृदयः पुनरागम्य तां सभाम्। दमयन्तीं तदा दृष्ट्वा सरोद निषधाधिपः॥
English: But then his heart being attracted towards Damayanti, the ruler of the Nishadhas, came back to that inn; and finding her in that condition he began to lament:
Sanskrit: यां न वायुर्न चादित्यः पुरा पश्यति मे प्रियाम्। सेयमद्य सभामध्ये शेते भूमावनाथवत्॥
English: ‘My dear-loved wife, whom even the winds or the sun could not sce before, is even now lying asleep like one helpless on the ground of this inn.
Sanskrit: इयं वस्त्रावकर्तेन संवीता चारुहासिनी। उन्मत्तेव वरारोहा कथं बुद्ध्वा भविष्यति॥
English: How will this sweet smiling and slenderwaisted Damayanti live, when awaking, she shall find herself clothed, like one mad, in half a piece of cloth?
Sanskrit: कथमेका सती भैमी मया विरहिता शुभा। चरिष्यति वने घोरे मृगव्यालनिषेविते॥
English: How will this blessed daughter of Bhima, the chaste Damayanti, roam, without me and all alone, in this dreary wilderness, inhabited by beasts and serpents.
Sanskrit: आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा अश्विनौ समरुद्गणौ। रक्षन्तु त्वां महाभागेधर्मेणासि समावृता॥
English: O noble-hearted one! may the Adityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, the twin Asvinis together with the wind-gods, protect you! Or you are protected by yours own virtue!'
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तवा प्रियां भार्यां रूपेणाप्रतिमां भुवि। कलिनापहतज्ञानो नलः प्रातिष्ठदुद्यतः॥
English: Thus speaking unto his dear-loved wife matchless on carih in beauty, king Nala, deprived of his senses by Kali, endeavoured to go away.
Sanskrit: गत्वा गत्वा नलो राजा पुनरेति सभां मुहुः। आकृष्यमाणः कलिना सौहृदेनावकृष्यते॥
English: The royal Nala departing again and again, returned again and again to the inn, once dragged away by Kali and again drawn back by his love (to his wife).
Sanskrit: द्विधेव हृदयं तस्य दुःखितस्याभवत् तदा। दोलेव मुहुरायाति याति चैव सभां प्रति॥
English: It seemed as if the heart of the distressed king was divided in twain, who like a rocking cradle repeatedly went away from and came back into the inn,
Sanskrit: अवकृष्टस्तु कलिना मोहितः प्राद्रवन्नलः। सुप्तामुत्सृज्य तां भार्यां विलप्य करुणं बहु॥
English: Befooled and deprived of his reason by Kali, Nala ran away deserting his sleeping wife and lainenting profusely and plaintively for her.
Sanskrit: नष्टात्मा कलिना स्पृष्टस्तत् तद् विगणयन् नृपः। जगामैकां वने शून्ये भार्यामुत्सृज्य दुःखितः॥
English: Losing his senses through the influence of Kali and ruminating over a variety of thoughts, the king went away with his heart full of sorrow, forsaking his wife, alone, in that solitary wilderness.
Sanskrit: वृहदश्व उवाच अपक्रान्ते नले राजन् दमयन्ती गतक्लमा। अबुध्यत वरारोहा संत्रस्ता विजने वने॥ अपश्यमाना भर्तारं शोकदुःखसमन्विता। प्राक्रोशदुच्चैः संत्रस्ता महाराजेति नैषधम्॥
English: Brihadashva said: O king, after Nala, had gone away, the slender-waisted Damayanti, getting over her fatigue, awoke in terror in that solitary wilderness. Terrified at not finding her husband and oppressed with grief and troubles, she called aloud for Naishadha, saying: O Maharaja.
Sanskrit: हा नाथ हा महाराज हा स्वामिन् किं जहासि माम् हा हतास्मि विनष्टास्मि भीतास्मि विजने वने॥
English: O master! O mighty sovereign! O husband! why have you forsaken me? Alas! I am done for, I ain lost, I am (greatly) terrified in this lonely forest.
Sanskrit: ननु नाम महाराजधर्मज्ञः सत्यवागसि। कथमुक्त्वा तथा सत्यं सुप्तामुत्सृज्य कानने॥
English: O mighty monarch! you are virtuous and truthful. How then, promising not to do so you have forsaken me asleep, in the woods?
Sanskrit: कथमुत्सृज्य गन्तासि दक्षां भार्यामनुव्रताम्। विशेषतोऽनपकृते परेणापकृते सति॥
English: Why have you gone away forsaking your able and devoted, wife, specially when she had done you no harın, but you have been wronged by others?
Sanskrit: शक्यसे ता गिरः सम्यक् कर्तुं मयि नरेश्वर। यास्तेषां लोकपालानां संनिधौ कथिताः पुरा॥
English: O lord of your people! you ought faithfully to fulfill those words of yours in respect of mc, that you had uttered in days gone by, before the guardian deities of the worlds.
Sanskrit: नाकाले विहितो मृत्युर्मानां पुरुषर्षभ। तत्र कान्ता त्वयोत्सृष्टा मुहूर्तमपि जीवति॥
English: O best of men! because mortals are not ordained to die before their appointed time, therefore, it is, that your beloved wife live even a moment after your abandonment of her.
Sanskrit: पर्याप्तः परिहासोऽयमेतावान् पुरुषर्षभ। भीताहमतिदुर्धर्ष दर्शयात्मानमीश्वर॥
English: O foremost of men! enough of this joke, let us have no more of it. O invincible one! I am awfully frightened. O lord! show yourself.
Sanskrit: दृश्यसे दृश्यसे राजन्नेष दृष्टोऽसि नैषध। आवार्य गुल्मैरात्मानं किं मां न प्रतिभाषसे॥
English: You are discovered O king! you discovered! O ruler of the Nishadhas I have scen you! concealing yourself behind the corpses, why do you not answer me?
Sanskrit: नृशंसं बत राजेन्द्र यन्मामेवंगतामिह। विलपन्तीं समागम्य नाश्वासयसि पार्थिव॥
English: Alas, O king of kings! it is very cruel of you. For sceing me in this and so bewailing, you do not, O king, come near to console me.
Sanskrit: न शोचाम्यहमात्मानं न चान्यदपि किंचन। कथं नु भवितास्येक इति त्वां नृप शोचिमि॥
English: I lament not for myself, nor for any thing else. But, O king, I only grieve thinking, how you will live alone.
Sanskrit: कथं नु राजंस्तृषितः क्षुधितः श्रमकर्षितः। सायाह्ने वृक्षमूलेषु मामपश्यन् भविष्यसि॥
English: O king! when, in the evening you will sit thirsty, hungry and worn out with toils under the trees, how will you live without seeing ine (by your side)?
Sanskrit: ततः सा तीव्रशोकार्ता प्रदीप्तेव च मन्युना। इतश्चेतश्च रुदती पर्यधावत दुःखिता॥
English: Then oppressed with poignant grief and burning with anger, the miserable Damayanti began to run hither and thither bewailing.