Shloka 103
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
वहीं भावितात्मा महर्षि मतंगका आश्रम है। श्रम और शोकका विनाश करनेवाले उस सुन्दर आश्रममें प्रवेश करनेसे मनुष्य गवामयनयज्ञका फल पाता है। वहाँ धर्मके निकट जा उनके श्रीविग्रहका दर्शन और स्पर्श करनेसे अश्वमेधयज्ञका फल प्राप्त होता है ।।
tato gacchet rājendra brahmasthānam anuttamam | tatrābhigamya rājendra brahmāṇaṃ puruṣarṣabha ||
Then, O king, you should proceed to the unsurpassed sacred seat of Brahmā. Having reached that place, O best of kings—O bull among men—approach Brahmā there. The passage frames pilgrimage as an ethical discipline: entering sanctified hermitages and drawing near to embodied Dharma is said to dissolve fatigue and grief, and to yield merit comparable to great royal sacrifices, thereby redirecting royal power toward reverence, restraint, and righteousness.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents pilgrimage and reverent approach to the divine (Brahmā/Brahmasthāna) as a dharmic act that refines kingship: instead of asserting power through costly sacrifices alone, one gains comparable merit through humility, sacred travel, and proximity to Dharma.
The speaker instructs the king to go onward from earlier holy sites to the supreme Brahmasthāna and, upon arriving, to approach Brahmā—continuing a guided itinerary of tīrtha-visits that promise relief from sorrow and the accrual of great religious merit.