Shloka 25

Lokapāla-samāgamaḥ—Arjuna Receives Astras from the World-Guardians

Book 3, Chapter 42

Devanagari script

तव सानूनि कुज्जाश्न नद्यः प्र्रवणानि च । तीर्थानि च सुपुण्यानि मया दृष्टान्यनेकश:,“तुम्हारे शिखर, कुंजवन, नदियाँ, झरने और परम पुण्यमय तीर्थस्थान मैंने अनेक बार देखे हैं

Transliteration

tava sānūni kuñjāś ca nadyaḥ prapātāni ca | tīrthāni ca supuṇyāni mayā dṛṣṭāny anekaśaḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: „Deine Berghänge, deine Haine, deine Flüsse und Wasserfälle und deine überaus heiligen Pilgerfurten — all dies habe ich viele Male gesehen.“

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सानूनि: peaks/ridges/summits
• सानूनि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• कुञ्जान्: groves/thickets
• कुञ्जान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुञ्ज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रवणानि: slopes/descents (waterfalls/streams in context)
• प्रवणानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तीर्थानि: pilgrimage-fords/holy places
• तीर्थानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सुपुण्यानि: very holy/most meritorious
• सुपुण्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• दृष्टानि: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनेकशः: many times/repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस्

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• sānūni (mountain slopes)
• kuñjāḥ (groves)
• nadyaḥ (rivers)
• prapātāni (waterfalls)
• tīrthāni (holy pilgrimage places)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical-religious value of tīrthas—places where contact with sacred geography and disciplined travel is believed to generate puṇya (merit). It frames nature (slopes, groves, rivers, waterfalls) as spiritually significant, encouraging reverence and mindful engagement with holy places.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana, narrating the epic, reports a speaker addressing a revered landscape (often a mountain/region associated with tīrthas), saying they have repeatedly seen its slopes, groves, rivers, waterfalls, and holy pilgrimage sites—evoking familiarity and the sanctity of the setting within the Vana Parva’s travel-and-pilgrimage atmosphere.