Shloka 24

Devanagari script

उत्पपात ततो धारा वारिणो विमला शुभा

Transliteration

utpapāta tato dhārā vāriṇo vimalā śubhā

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਪਾਣੀ ਦੀ ਇਕ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਤੇ ਸ਼ੁਭ ਧਾਰਾ ਫੁੱਟ ਪਈ।

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.