Shloka 70
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां स्वर्गलोके महीयते । वहीं विमलाशोक नामक उत्तम तीर्थ है, वहाँ जाकर ब्रह्मचर्यपालनपूर्वक एकाग्रचित्त हो एक रात निवास करनेसे मनुष्य स्वर्गलोकमें प्रतिष्ठित होता है ।। गोप्रतारं ततो गच्छेत् सरस्वास्तीर्थमुत्तमम्,वहाँसे सरयूके उत्तम तीर्थ गोप्रतारमें जाय। महाराज! वहाँ अपने सेवकों, सैनिकों और वाहनोंके साथ गोते लगाकर उस तीर्थके प्रभावसे वे वीर श्रीरामचन्द्रजी अपने नित्यधामको पधारे थे
tatroṣya rajanīm ekāṁ svargaloke mahīyate | goprātāraṁ tato gacchet sarasyās tīrtham uttamam |
Having stayed there for a single night, a person becomes honored and established in the heavenly world. From there one should proceed to Goprātāra, an excellent sacred ford associated with the Sarasvatī. The passage underscores a dharmic pattern: disciplined conduct (especially celibate restraint and focused mind) combined with reverent pilgrimage is presented as a means of inner purification and exalted posthumous destiny, and it recalls how even great heroes attained their supreme end through the sanctifying power of a tīrtha.
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