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Updated: June 1, 2025
"Vrihadaswa said, 'After Varshneya had gone away, Pushkara won from the righteous Nala that latter's kingdom and what else of wealth he had. And unto Nala, O king, who had lost his kingdom, Pushkara laughingly said, 'Let the play go on. But what stake hast thou now? Damayanti only remaineth; all else of thine hath been won by me.
When she had finished, her hearers gave a loud ejaculation. 'Ou! they said, 'ou! Maiwa, daughter of Nala! "'Ay, she went on with flashing eyes, 'ay, it is true; my mouth is as full of truth as a flower of honey, and for tears my eyes are like the dew upon the grass at dawn.
"'It is not to be borne indeed, said Nala; 'but how can we make head against so great a people? "'Ask of him ask of Macumazahn, the wise white man, said Maiwa, pointing at me. "'How can we overcome Wambe, Macumazahn the hunter? "'How does the jackal overreach the lion, Nala? "'By cleverness, Macumazahn. "'So shall you overcome Wambe, Nala. "At this moment an interruption occurred.
Meanwhile, the princess of Vidharva, Damayanti, afflicted with grief, having beheld the royal son of Bhangasura, and Varshneya of the Suta race, and also Vahuka in that guise, asked herself, 'Whose is this car-rattle? It was loud as that of Nala, but I do not see the ruler of the Nishadhas.
And upon whom also doth she now wait? And once as the king was reciting this in the night, Jivala asked him saying, 'O Vahuka, whom dost thou lament thus daily? I am curious to hear it. O thou blest with length of days, whose spouse is she whom thus lamentest? Thus questioned, king Nala answered him, saying, 'A certain person devoid of sense had a wife well-known to many.
And honoured by him, O king, thou shall live happily in our home." "Nala said, 'Surely, thy father's kingdom is as my own. But thither I will not, by any means, repair in this extremity. Once I appeared there in glory, increasing thy joy. How can I go there now in misery, augmenting thy grief?
So cowards never use their might But against such that will not fight. On nearing the bungalow, Jocelyn turned aside into the forest where a little colony of huts nestled in a hollow of the sand-dunes. "Nala," she cried, "the paddle-maker. Ask him to come to me." She spoke in the dialect of the coast to some women who sat together before one of the huts. "Nala yes," they answered.
O illustrious lady, I have not seen any man of the name of Nala. In this extensive forest uninhabited by men, there are only elephants and leopards and buffaloes, and tigers and bears and other animals.
Winning over to-day the beauteous Damayanti of faultless features, I shall regard myself fortunate, indeed, since she it is that hath ever dwelt in my heart." Hearing these words of that incoherent braggart, Nala in anger desired to cut off his head with a scimitar. With a smile, however, though his eyes were red in anger, king Nala said, "Let us play. Why do you speak so now?
O thou of profound intelligence, retain these steeds endued with exceeding swiftness until Varshneya bringeth back my garment." Thereupon Nala replied unto him, "The sheet is dropped down far away. We have travelled one yojana thence. Therefore, it is incapable of being recovered."
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