Shloka 28
महर्षिगणसम्बाधं ब्राह्मया लक्ष्म्या समन्वितम् । दुष्प्रवेशं महाराज नरैर्धर्मबहिष्कृतैः,महाराज! वह पावन तीर्थ महर्षियोंके समुदायसे भरा हुआ और ब्राह्मी श्रीसे सुशोभित था। धर्महीन मनुष्योंका वहाँ प्रवेश पाना अत्यन्त कठिन था
maharṣigaṇasambādhaṃ brāhmyā lakṣmyā samanvitam | duṣpraveśaṃ mahārāja narair dharmabahiṣkṛtaiḥ ||
“O great king, that sacred ford was crowded with hosts of great seers and adorned with the divine splendor befitting Brahmā. For men cast out from dharma—those who live without righteousness—entry there was exceedingly difficult.”
घटोत्कच उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places are not merely physical locations; they are sustained by dharma and the presence of the righteous. Those who abandon ethical order become unfit for such spaces—access is portrayed as spiritually ‘closed’ to the unrighteous.
Ghaṭotkaca describes a holy tīrtha to the king, emphasizing that it is filled with great sages and radiant with sanctity, and that people who are outside dharma find it extremely difficult to enter.