Shloka 21
वारुणी सभा — Varuṇa’s Divine Assembly
Nārada’s Description
Devanagari script
तृतीया, ज्येष्ठलिला, महानद शोण, चर्मण्वती, पर्णाशा, महानदी,
Transliteration
tṛtīyā, jyeṣṭhalīlā, mahānadā śoṇaḥ, carmaṇvatī, parṇāśā, mahānadī
Translation
ನಾರದನು ಮುಂದುವರೆದು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ತೃತೀಯಾ, ಜ್ಯೇಷ್ಠಲೀಲಾ, ಮಹಾನದ ಶೋಣ, ಚರ್ಮಣ್ವತೀ, ಪರ್ಣಾಶಾ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಮಹಾನದೀ—ಇವು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ನದಿಗಳು.
Word by Word
तृतीयाthe third (river/name)
तृतीया:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootतृतीय
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
ज्येष्ठलिलाJyeṣṭhalīlā (a river/name)
ज्येष्ठलिला:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्येष्ठलिला
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
महानदःMahānada (a river/name)
महानदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहानद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शोणःŚoṇa (river Son)
शोणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशोण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चर्मण्वतीCarmanvatī (river Chambal)
चर्मण्वती:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचर्मण्वती
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पर्णाशाParṇāśā (a river/name)
पर्णाशा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपर्णाशा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
महानदीMahānadī (river Mahanadi)
महानदी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहानदी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
नारद उवाच
Characters & Entities
न
नारद (Nārada)त
तृतीया (Tṛtīyā river)ज
ज्येष्ठलिला (Jyeṣṭhalīlā river)श
शोण (Śoṇa river)च
चर्मण्वती (Carmaṇvatī river)प
पर्णाशा (Parṇāśā river)म
महानदी (Mahānadī / great river)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s view of the land as ethically and ritually meaningful: remembering rivers is part of remembering dharmic space—sources of sustenance, purification, and cultural continuity.
Nārada is reciting a list of rivers, continuing a broader descriptive catalogue that maps important regions and waterways within the epic’s world.