Shloka 43
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
ब्रह्मावर्त ततो गच्छेद् ब्रह्म॒चारी समाहित: । अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति सोमलोकं च गच्छति
Brahmāvarta tato gacched brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | Aśvamedham avāpnoti somalokaṃ ca gacchati ||
Ensuite, un brahmacārin discipliné, l’esprit rassemblé et résolu, doit se rendre dans la région sacrée de Brahmāvarta. Ce faisant, il obtient un mérite égal au sacrifice Aśvamedha et, par la suite, atteint le monde céleste de Soma.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse elevates disciplined brahmacarya and mental concentration, presenting pilgrimage undertaken with inner restraint as capable of granting merit comparable to the highest Vedic sacrifice, and promising an exalted posthumous destination (Somaloka).
The speaker gives prescriptive guidance: a brahmacārin, composed and focused, should go to Brahmāvarta; the act is said to confer Aśvamedha-like merit and lead the practitioner to Somaloka.