Shloka 24

Devanagari script

उत्पपात ततो धारा वारिणो विमला शुभा

Transliteration

utpapāta tato dhārā vāriṇo vimalā śubhā

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: Lalu tiba-tiba memancarlah suatu aliran air yang jernih lagi membawa tuah—murni pada pandangan—sebagai alamat baik di tengah gelora perang yang kelam.

Word by Word

• उत्पपात: sprang up, leapt forth
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√पत्
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd, singular

• ततः: then, from thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• धारा: a stream, a flow
• धारा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• वारिणः: of water
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि
• Form: neuter, genitive, singular

• विमला: pure, spotless, clear
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• शुभा: auspicious, beautiful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• stream of water (dhārā)
• water (vāri)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how, even in the violence of battle, tradition reads sudden natural phenomena as moral-spiritual indicators (śubha/auspicious signs), encouraging attentiveness to dharmic meaning and the unseen order believed to underlie events.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that a pure, auspicious stream of water suddenly arose. In the epic’s battlefield setting, such a detail functions as an omen—marking a significant moment and suggesting a favorable or divinely sanctioned turn.