Shloka 58

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

ततो वै ब्राह्मणीं गत्वा ब्रह्मचारी जितेन्द्रिय: । पद्मवर्णेन यानेन ब्रह्मुलोकं प्रपद्यते,इसके बाद इन्द्रियसंयम और ब्रह्मचर्यके पालनपूर्वक ब्राह्मणीतीर्थमें जानेसे मनुष्य कमलके समान कान्तिवाले विमानद्वारा ब्रह्मलोकमें जाता है

Transliteration

tato vai brāhmaṇīṁ gatvā brahmacārī jitendriyaḥ | padmavarṇena yānena brahmalokaṁ prapadyate ||

Translation

Después, yendo al tīrtha de Brāhmaṇī, el brahmacārin que ha vencido sus sentidos alcanza Brahmaloka, llevado por un carro celestial de color de loto.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

वैindeed, surely

ब्राह्मणीम्the Brahmin woman / (name of) Brāhmaṇī (tīrtha)

गत्वाhaving gone

ब्रह्मचारीa celibate student; one observing brahmacarya

जितेन्द्रियःone who has conquered his senses

पद्मवर्णेनby (a vehicle) of lotus-like color/complexion

यानेनby a vehicle, conveyance

ब्रह्मलोकम्to the world of Brahmā (Brahmaloka)

प्रपद्यतेattains, reaches

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brāhmaṇī tīrtha

brahmacārī

Brahmaloka

padmavarṇa yāna (celestial vehicle)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that inner discipline—especially sense-control (jitendriya) and the observance of brahmacarya—when coupled with reverent pilgrimage to a sacred tīrtha, yields exalted spiritual fruit, symbolized by ascent to Brahmaloka.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker is describing the phala (spiritual result) of visiting the Brāhmaṇī tīrtha with strict self-restraint: the pilgrim, as a brahmacārī who has mastered the senses, is said to reach Brahmaloka in a lotus-colored celestial conveyance.