Shloka 34
Varṣa-Parvata-Nivāsinām Varnanam
Description of Regions, Mountains, and Their Inhabitants
चित्रोपलां चित्ररथां मज्जुलां वाहिनीं तथा । मन्दाकिनीं वैतरणीं कोषां चापि महानदीम्
citropalāṁ citrarathāṁ majjulāṁ vāhinīṁ tathā | mandākinīṁ vaitaraṇīṁ koṣāṁ cāpi mahānadīm ||
ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಚಿತ್ರೋಪಲಾ, ಚಿತ್ರರಥಾ, ಮಜ್ಜುಲಾ, ವಾಹಿನೀ; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಮಂದಾಕಿನೀ, ವೈತರಣೀ, ಕೋಷಾ, ಮಹಾನದಿ—ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರುಳ್ಳ (ಕ್ರಮಬದ್ಧ) ವಿಭಾಗಗಳನ್ನೂ ನಾನು ಕಂಡೆನು.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse primarily serves descriptive epic narration rather than direct moral instruction: it emphasizes the immense scale and disciplined organization of the armies by listing named divisions, using river-like names to suggest unstoppable flow and the gravity of the coming conflict.
Sañjaya is reporting to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the arrangement or presence of various named troop-divisions/formations in the battlefield context of Bhīṣma Parva, continuing a catalogue-like description of the forces.