Shloka 9
Lomaśa’s Arrival and Report on Arjuna’s Divine Astras (लोमशागमनम्—अर्जुनदिव्यास्त्रलाभवृत्तान्तः)
हृदिनी पुण्यतीर्था च राजर्षेस्तत्र वै सरित् | विश्वामित्रनदी राजन् पुण्या परपुरंजय,शत्रुओंकी राजधानीपर विजय पानेवाले नरेश! वहाँ राजर्षि विश्वामित्रकी तपस्यासे प्रकट हुई एक पुण्यमयी नदी है, जो परम पवित्र तीर्थ मानी गयी है। उसीके तटपर नहुषनन्दन राजा ययाति स्वर्गसे साधु पुरुषोंके बीचमें गिरे थे और पुनः सनातन धर्ममय लोकोंमें चले गये थे
dhaumya uvāca |
hṛdinī puṇyatīrthā ca rājarṣes tatra vai sarit |
viśvāmitranadī rājan puṇyā parapuraṃjaya |
Dhaumya said: “O king—conqueror of enemy cities—there flows there a river called the Viśvāmitra, sprung from the austerities of the royal sage Viśvāmitra. It is held to be a supremely holy ford (tīrtha). On its bank, King Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, once fell from heaven into the midst of the righteous; and thereafter he again attained the eternal worlds founded upon dharma.”
धौम्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage links sacred geography with ethical causality: tapas and dharma generate enduring sanctity (a tīrtha), and even a fall from heaven can be followed by restoration when one is aligned with the eternal order of dharma and supported by the company of the righteous.
Dhaumya points out a holy river-tīrtha named after Viśvāmitra, said to have arisen through the sage’s austerities. He recalls an earlier event on its bank: King Yayāti, son of Nahuṣa, fell from heaven among virtuous men and later proceeded again to dharma-filled eternal worlds.