Shloka 25

Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

भारती सुप्रयोगा च कावेरी मुर्मुरा तथा । तुड़्वेणा कृष्णवेणा कपिला शोण एव च

Transliteration

bhāratī suprayogā ca kāverī murmūrā tathā | tuḍveṇā kṛṣṇaveṇā kapilā śoṇa eva ca ||

Translation

مارکنڈیہ نے کہا—(وہاں) بھارتی اور سپریوگا؛ نیز کاویری اور مُرمُرا؛ اسی طرح تُڈوینا، کرشن وینا، کپیلا اور شون (ندیاں) بھی ہیں۔

Word by Word

• भारती: Bhāratī (a river/name)
• भारती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुप्रयोगा: Suprayogā (well-applied/auspiciously flowing; a river/name)
• सुप्रयोगा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुप्रयोगा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कावेरी: Kāverī (river)
• कावेरी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कावेरी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मुर्मुरा: Murmurā (river/name)
• मुर्मुरा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुर्मुरा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तुड्वेणा: Tuḍveṇā (river/name)
• तुड्वेणा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुड्वेणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कृष्णवेणा: Kṛṣṇaveṇā (the dark Veṇā; river/name)
• कृष्णवेणा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णवेणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कपिला: Kapilā (river/name)
• कपिला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शोणः: Śoṇa (river)
• शोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Bhāratī (river)
• Suprayogā (river)
• Kāverī (river)
• Murmūrā (river)
• Tuḍveṇā (river)
• Kṛṣṇaveṇā (river)
• Kapilā (river)
• Śoṇa (river)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse reinforces the Mahābhārata’s tīrtha ethos: remembering and visiting sacred rivers is presented as a means of inner cleansing and recommitment to dharma—cultivating restraint, truthfulness, and ethical renewal through contact with sanctifying places.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya is enumerating rivers as part of a broader description of holy places (tīrthas). The verse is a segment of that catalogue, naming multiple rivers revered as spiritually efficacious.