Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एषा सा यमुना राजन्‌ महर्षिगणसेविता । नानायज्ञचिता राजन्‌ पुण्या पापभयापहा,राजन! यही वह महर्षिगणसेवित पुण्यमयी यमुना है जिसके तटपर अनेक यज्ञ हो चुके हैं। यह पापके भयको दूर भगानेवाली है। कुन्तीनन्दन! यहीं महान्‌ धनुर्धर राजा मान्धाताने स्वयं यज्ञ किया था। दानिशिरोमणि सहदेव-कुमार सोमकने भी इसीके तटपर यज्ञानुष्ठान किया

Transliteration

eṣā sā yamunā rājan maharṣigaṇasevitā | nānāyajñacitā rājan puṇyā pāpabhayāpahā ||

Translation

Lomasha berkata: “Wahai Raja, inilah Yamunā yang suci, dihormati dan didatangi para mahāṛṣi. Di tepi-tepinya telah dilangsungkan banyak yajña. Kudus adanya, ia menyingkirkan ketakutan yang lahir dari dosa.”

Word by Word

एषाthis (she/this one)

साthat (she/that one)

यमुनाYamunā (river)

राजन्O king

महर्षिगणसेविताserved/attended by groups of great sages

नानाvarious, many kinds of

यज्ञचिताhaving sacrificial altars/piles (yajña-altars)

राजन्O king

पुण्याholy, meritorious

पापभयापहाremoving the fear of sin

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasha

Yamunā

King (Yudhiṣṭhira implied by context)

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 presents sacred rivers and tīrthas as ethical-spiritual supports: association with places sanctified by sages and sacrifice is said to dispel the fear and burden of sin, encouraging purification through dharmic conduct and pilgrimage.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Pāṇḍavas’ forest journey, the sage Lomasha identifies the Yamunā to the king and praises her sanctity—visited by great seers and the site of many sacrifices—thereby framing the landscape as a living map of dharma.