Shloka 5
Śibi’s Weighing of Dharma
The Hawk and the Dove Trial) — शिबेर्धर्मतुला (श्येन-कपोतोक्तिः
एष वै चमसोद्धेदो यत्र दृश्या सरस्वती । यत्रैनामभ्यवर्तन्त सर्वा: पुण्या: समुद्रगा:,यह निषादराजका द्वार है। वीर युधिष्ठिर! उन निषादोंके ही संसर्गदोषसे सरस्वती नदी यहाँ इसलिये पृथ्वीके भीतर प्रविष्ट हो गयी कि निषाद मुझे जान न सकें। यह चमसोद्धेदतीर्थ है; जहाँ सरस्वती पुनः प्रकट हो गयी है। यहाँ समुद्रमें मिलनेवाली सम्पूर्ण पवित्र नदियाँ इसके सम्मुख आयी हैं
eṣa vai camasoddhedo yatra dṛśyā sarasvatī | yatrainām abhyavartanta sarvāḥ puṇyāḥ samudragāḥ ||
This is the sacred ford called Camasoddheda, where the river Sarasvatī becomes visible again. Here, all the holy rivers that ultimately flow to the ocean are said to have come forth to meet her. The passage highlights the sanctity of hidden and re-emerging waters and frames the place as a convergence of purity—suggesting that even when the sacred withdraws from human sight, it can reappear at a dharmic locus of pilgrimage and restraint.
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