Shloka 118
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
तपसा स्वर्गगमनं भोगो दानेन जायते | ज्ञानेन मोक्षो विज्ञेयस्तीर्थस्नानादघक्षय:,तपसे स्वर्गलोकमें जानेका सौभाग्य प्राप्त होता है। दानसे भोगोंकी प्राप्ति होती है। ज्ञानसे मोक्ष मिलता है, यह जानना चाहिये तथा तीर्थस्नानसे पापोंका क्षय हो जाता है
tapasā svargagamanaṃ bhogo dānena jāyate | jñānena mokṣo vijñeyas tīrthasnānād aghakṣayaḥ ||
ユディシュティラは言った。「苦行（タパス）によって天界への道を得、布施（ダーナ）によって世の享楽を得る。智慧によって解脱（モークシャ）が到達し得ると知るべきであり、また聖なる渡し場（ティールタ）で沐浴すれば罪は減じられる。」
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse maps distinct spiritual practices to their characteristic fruits: tapas leads to heavenly attainment, dāna yields worldly enjoyments, jñāna leads to mokṣa, and tīrtha-bathing reduces sin—presenting a graded view of aims from prosperity to liberation.
In the Vana Parva context of exile and pilgrimage-discourse, Yudhiṣṭhira articulates a concise ethical-spiritual summary, distinguishing the outcomes of austerity, generosity, knowledge, and pilgrimage rites.