Shloka 100

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

तत्र कूपोदकं कृत्वा तेन स्नात: शुचिस्तथा । पितृन्‌ देवांस्तु संतर्प्य मुक्तपापो दिवं व्रजेत्‌,वहाँ कुएँका जल लेकर उससे स्नान करके पवित्र हो देवताओं और पितरोंका तर्पण करनेसे मनुष्यके सारे पाप छूट जाते हैं और वह स्वर्गलोकमें जाता है

Transliteration

tatra kūpodakaṃ kṛtvā tena snātaḥ śucis tathā | pitṝn devāṃs tu saṃtarpya muktapāpo divaṃ vrajet ||

Translation

そこでは、井戸の水を汲み、それで沐浴すれば清浄となる。さらに、祖霊と神々にタルパナ（供水の奠）を捧げれば、あらゆる罪から解き放たれ、天界へと至る。

Word by Word

तत्रthere

कूप-उदकम्well-water

कृत्वाhaving made/taken (having procured)

तेनwith that (water)

स्नातःbathed

शुचिःpure

तथाthus/likewise

पितॄन्the ancestors (pitṛs)

देवान्the gods

तुindeed/but

संतर्प्यhaving satisfied (by offering libations)

मुक्त-पापःfreed from sin

दिवम्heaven

व्रजेत्would go / should go

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

kūpa (well)

udaka (water)

pitṛ (ancestors)

deva (gods)

diva/svarga (heaven)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purification is achieved through disciplined conduct: bathing (external cleanliness) combined with tarpaṇa to gods and ancestors (reverent duty and gratitude). Such dharmic observance is said to remove sin and lead to heavenly merit.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes a prescribed act at a particular place: take well-water, bathe to become pure, then perform tarpaṇa for the gods and the ancestors. The verse states the resulting fruit—release from sin and attainment of heaven.