Shloka 79
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
Devanagari script
अविमुक्त समासाद्य तीर्थसेवी कुरूद्वह । दर्शनाद् देवदेवस्य मुच्यते ब्रह्म॒ुह॒त्यया
Transliteration
Avimuktaṁ samāsādya tīrthasevī kurūdvaha | darśanād devadevasya mucyate brahmahatyayā ||
Translation
O bull among the Kurus, a pilgrim who reaches Avimukta and serves the sacred ford is, by the very sight of the God of gods, released from the sin of brahmahatyā (the grave guilt of slaying a brāhmaṇa). The verse underscores the Mahābhārata’s ethic that sincere pilgrimage and direct encounter with the divine—when approached with reverence—can purify even the heaviest moral stain.
Word by Word
अविमुक्तम्Avimukta (the sacred place, Kāśī)
अविमुक्तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअविमुक्त
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
समासाद्यhaving reached/approached
समासाद्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√सद्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), indeclinable
तीर्थसेवीa pilgrim; one who frequents sacred fords
तीर्थसेवी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थसेविन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुरूद्वहO best of the Kurus
कुरूद्वह:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरूद्वह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दर्शनात्from/through (the act of) seeing
दर्शनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदर्शन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
देवदेवस्यof the God of gods (Śiva)
देवदेवस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootदेवदेव
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
मुच्यतेis freed/released
मुच्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√मुच्
FormPresent, Indicative, Ātmanepada (passive sense), Third, Singular
ब्रह्महत्ययाfrom the sin of brahmin-slaying
ब्रह्महत्यया:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्महत्या
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
A
AvimuktaD
Devadeva (Śiva)K
Kuru (dynasty/addressee as ‘best of Kurus’)T
Tīrtha (sacred ford/pilgrimage site)B
Brahmahatyā (sin of brāhmaṇa-slaying)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes