Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.111
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.111
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9) The search for Nala. Damayantī told her father that she didn’t want to live any longer unless Nala was brought to her. Bhima had been trying hard to find out Nala. One day Parṇāda one of the numerous Brahmins who were engaged in the search for Nala, came to Bhima and said, “while I was wandering from place to place, I happened to reach the palace of Rtuparṇa the King of Ayodhyā. There I made enquiries about Nala the husband of Damayantī, in the presence of the King. But nobody gave me any answer. When I returned Bāhuka the charioteer of Rtuparṇa followed me. An ugly man with short hands, an expert in driving horses, and an excellent cook, he asked me several questions about Damayantī.”