Shloka 116
Dhaumya’s Enumeration of Eastern Tīrthas
Prācī-diś Tīrtha-kathana
ततश्वाष्टगुणं पार्थ प्राप्स्यसे धर्ममुत्तमम् । भीष्म: कुरूणां प्रवरो यथापूर्वमवाप्तवान्,कुन्तीनन्दन! कुरुप्रवर भीष्मने पहले जिस प्रकार तीर्थयात्राजनित पुण्य प्राप्त किया था, उससे भी आठगुने उत्तम धर्मकी उपलब्धि तुम्हें होगी
tataś cāṣṭaguṇaṃ pārtha prāpsyase dharmam uttamam | bhīṣmaḥ kurūṇāṃ pravaro yathāpūrvam avāptavān, kuntīnandana ||
Then, O Pārtha, you will attain a supremely excellent merit of dharma—eightfold in measure. Just as Bhīṣma, the foremost among the Kurus, had formerly obtained the religious merit born of pilgrimage, so too, O son of Kuntī, will you gain an even greater share of that righteous fruit.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Dharma pursued with proper intent yields amplified spiritual merit; the verse motivates Arjuna by promising an eightfold increase and by citing Bhīṣma as an authoritative precedent for pilgrimage-born puṇya.
Nārada addresses Arjuna (Pārtha), assuring him that he will obtain an eightfold superior dharmic reward, comparing it to the merit Bhīṣma previously gained through tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage).