Shloka 55
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विन्देद् बहुसुवर्णकम् । दशापरान् दश पूर्वान् नरानुद्धरते कुलम्
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā vinded bahusuvarṇakam | daśāparān daśa pūrvān narān uddharate kulam ||
One whose inner self has been purified of all sins gains abundant gold; and he uplifts his family-line, delivering ten generations to come and ten generations that have gone before.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral purification is portrayed as both spiritually efficacious and socially consequential: cleansing oneself of sin yields prosperity and, more importantly, benefits one’s lineage by ‘uplifting’ past and future generations.
Ghulastya is speaking in a didactic mode, stating the fruits of becoming ‘purified of all sins’: the person gains abundant wealth and is credited with rescuing or elevating the family line across ten generations before and after.