Shloka 22
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति गाणपत्यं च विन्दति । धूमावतीं ततो गच्छेत् त्रिरात्रोपोषितो नर:
aśvamedham avāpnoti gāṇapatyaṃ ca vindati | dhūmāvatīṃ tato gacchet trirātro-poṣito naraḥ ||
Il obtient le mérite d’un sacrifice Aśvamedha et recueille aussi le fruit attaché au rite Gaṇapatya. Ensuite, après avoir jeûné trois nuits, l’homme doit se rendre à Dhūmāvatī.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates disciplined observance—especially fasting and prescribed pilgrimage—as a dharmic path capable of yielding the highest sacrificial fruits, suggesting that inner restraint and correct practice can substitute for costly or violent rites.
The speaker is listing tīrtha-related observances and their results: by undertaking a three-night fast and then going to the sacred site called Dhūmāvatī, one is said to gain the merit of major rites such as the Aśvamedha and the Gaṇapatya observance.