Shloka 25

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 said: “Your mountain-slopes, your groves, your rivers and waterfalls, and your supremely sacred pilgrimage-fords—these I have seen many times.”

Word by Word

तवof you/your

सानूनिpeaks/ridges/summits

कुञ्जान्groves/thickets

नद्यःrivers

प्रवणानिslopes/descents (waterfalls/streams in context)

चand

तीर्थानिpilgrimage-fords/holy places

चand

सुपुण्यानिvery holy/most meritorious

मयाby me

दृष्टानिseen

अनेकशःmany times/repeatedly

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

sānūni (mountain slopes)

kuñjāḥ (groves)

nadyaḥ (rivers)

prapātāni (waterfalls)

tīrthāni (holy pilgrimage places)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

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.