Shloka 24

Kṛṣṇa’s Departure, Auspicious Omens, and the Opening of the Uttaṅka Dialogue (कृष्णप्रयाण-निमित्त-उत्तङ्कसंवाद-प्रारम्भः)

Devanagari script

एवं सम्भाषमाणोौ तौ प्राप्ती वारणसाह्दयम्‌

Transliteration

evaṃ sambhāṣamāṇau tau prāptī vāraṇasāhṛdayam

Translation

So gelangten die beiden, während sie weiter miteinander sprachen, nach Vāraṇasāhṛdaya.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• सम्भाषमाणौ: speaking/conversing
• सम्भाषमाणौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भाष्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• प्राप्तौ: having arrived
• प्राप्तौ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: क्त (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त), Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• वाराणसी-ह्रदम्: the lake/pond at Vārāṇasī
• वाराणसी-ह्रदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाराणसीह्रद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Vāraṇasāhṛdaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse implicitly underscores that meaningful dialogue and counsel should lead to decisive, dharma-aligned action—conversation is not an end in itself but a preparation for right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports that two individuals, while talking together, reach a place called Vāraṇasāhṛdaya, marking a shift from discussion to the next stage of their journey.