Shloka 150
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
यत्र स्नात्वा कृतार्थो5स्मीत्यात्मानमवगच्छति । षष्ठकालोपवासेन मुच्यते ब्रह्म॒हत्यया
yatra snātvā kṛtārtho ’smīty ātmānam avagacchati | ṣaṣṭha-kālopavāsena mucyate brahmahatyayā ||
તે તીર્થમાં સ્નાન કરીને મનુષ્ય પોતાના અંતરમાં જાણે છે—“હું કૃતાર્થ થયો.” ત્યાં નિયમ મુજબ ષષ્ઠકાલ-ઉપવાસ કરવાથી તે બ્રહ્મહત્યા જેવા મહાપાપથી પણ મુક્ત થાય છે.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sacred bathing (snāna) combined with disciplined fasting (upavāsa) at a prescribed time functions as a powerful act of purification, capable of removing even extremely grave moral taints such as brahma-hatyā, emphasizing the ethical force of repentance and regulated religious practice.
A speaker is describing the spiritual efficacy of a particular holy place: bathing there brings a sense of fulfilled purpose, and observing the specified fast while staying there is said to grant release from severe sin, as part of a broader tirtha-māhātmya (praise of pilgrimage sites) discourse in the Vana Parva.