Shloka 25

Cyavana’s Reconciliation with Indra; Tīrtha-Indexing at Ārcīka-parvata and Yamunā

Chapter 125

Devanagari script

एषा सा यमुना राजन्‌ महर्षिगणसेविता । नानायज्ञचिता राजन्‌ पुण्या पापभयापहा

Transliteration

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

Translation

ରାଜନ! ଏହିଏ ସେଇ ପୁଣ୍ୟମୟୀ ଯମୁନା, ଯାହାକୁ ମହର୍ଷିଗଣ ସେବନ କରନ୍ତି। ରାଜନ! ଏହାର ତଟରେ ନାନା ଯଜ୍ଞ ସମ୍ପନ୍ନ ହୋଇଛି; ଏହି ପବିତ୍ର ନଦୀ ପାପଜନିତ ଭୟକୁ ଦୂର କରେ।

Word by Word

• एषा: this (she/this one)
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सा: that (she/that one)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यमुना: Yamunā (river)
• यमुना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमुना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महर्षिगणसेविता: served/attended by groups of great sages
• महर्षिगणसेविता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेवित (सेव्)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नाना: various, many kinds of
• नाना: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना

• यज्ञचिता: having sacrificial altars/piles (yajña-altars)
• यज्ञचिता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुण्या: holy, meritorious
• पुण्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पापभयापहा: removing the fear of sin
• पापभयापहा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपह (अप + हृ)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Lomasha
• Yamunā
• King (Yudhiṣṭhira implied by context)

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.