Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ततो देवह्नदे5रण्ये कृष्णवेणाजलोद्धवे

Transliteration

tato devahnade 'raṇye kṛṣṇaveṇājaloddhave

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം ദേവഹ്നദ വനത്തിൽ, കൃഷ്ണവേണാ നദിയുടെ ജലോത്ഭവസ്ഥാനത്തിങ്കൽ (കഥ മുന്നോട്ട് നീങ്ങി).

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable)

• देवह्रदे: in/at the divine lake
• देवह्रदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवह्रद
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• अरण्ये: in the forest
• अरण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• कृष्णवेणाजलोद्धवे: in/at (the place) arising from the waters of the Kṛṣṇaveṇā (river)
• कृष्णवेणाजलोद्धवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्णवेणाजलोद्धव
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

Speaker

पुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Pulastya
• Devahna (forest/region)
• Kṛṣṇaveṇā (river)
• water-source/stream (jaloddhava)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This verse is primarily locative and transitional rather than doctrinal: it anchors the discourse in a particular forest locale and riverine setting, reflecting the Mahābhārata’s tendency to connect instruction and memory with sacred places, thereby reinforcing the ethical weight of events through geography.

What is happening in the narrative?

Pulastya shifts the scene: he indicates that the next part of the account takes place in the Devahna forest, at a water-source connected with the Kṛṣṇaveṇā river, preparing the listener for the subsequent episode or instruction tied to that location.