Shloka 46
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
सिन्धोश्व प्रभवं गत्वा सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितम् । तत्रोष्य रजनी: पज्च विन्देद् बहुसुवर्णकम्,सिंधुके उदगमस्थानमें जो सिद्ध-गन्धर्वोद्वारा सेवित है, जाकर पाँच रात उपवास करनेसे प्रचुर सुवर्णराशिकी प्राप्ति होती है
Sindhoś ca prabhavaṁ gatvā siddhagandharvasevitam | tatroṣya rajanīḥ pañca vinded bahusuvarṇakam ||
Ghūlastya said: 'Having gone to the source of the Sindhu, a sacred place frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas, and having stayed there for five nights in disciplined observance, one gains abundant gold.' The statement frames pilgrimage and austerity as a morally sanctioned means of prosperity, where wealth is presented as the fruit of restraint and reverence rather than exploitation.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links material gain to dharmic conduct: prosperity is portrayed as the result of pilgrimage and self-restraint (staying/observing for five nights at a sanctified site), emphasizing that wealth should arise from merit and discipline rather than harm or deceit.
Ghūlastya describes a specific tīrtha—the source of the Sindhu—honored by Siddhas and Gandharvas, and states the fruit of performing a five-night observance there: the pilgrim is said to obtain abundant gold.