Yamuná

Yamuná is a sacred river that the narrative marks as a point along a traveling party’s homeward route. Its brief appearance gives it geographical and religious significance: it is both a crossing to be passed and a holy feature of the landscape.

Sacred Character

The text explicitly calls Yamuná holy as the travelers cross it. This designation lends the river more than purely practical importance, although the passage does not describe its appearance or specify any rite performed at its banks.

A Landmark on the Homeward Route

The crossing occurs as a party with a substantial train makes its way home. The narrative records the travelers passing over Yamuná and then continues the itinerary, presenting the river as one stage in a longer journey rather than as its destination.

Narrative Significance

Yamuná’s role is concise but clear: its name locates the journey in a landscape shaped by sacred waterways. The text supplies no further account of the river’s geography or of events taking place at the crossing.