उपायं ब्रूहि मे ब्रह्मन्व्याधितस्य चिकित्सितम् । उताहो व्रतमन्यद्वा दानं यज्ञमथापि वा
upāyaṃ brūhi me brahmanvyādhitasya cikitsitam | utāho vratamanyadvā dānaṃ yajñamathāpi vā
« Ô Brahmane, dis-moi le moyen, le remède approprié pour celui qui est affligé. Est-ce un vœu, une autre observance, la charité, ou même un sacrifice ? »
The King (addressing Vasiṣṭha)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: The king, earnest and humbled, lists possible remedies—vow, charity, sacrifice—gesturing with open palms; Vasiṣṭha listens, poised to instruct.
Dharma offers multiple remedial paths—vows, charity, sacrifice—guided by wise counsel rather than impulse.
The Prabhāsa sacred region; the particular tīrtha (Brahmapadma/Mānasa) is described next.
Vrata (vow), dāna (charity), and yajña (sacrifice) are explicitly proposed as possible remedies.