Shloka 134
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
अथ ज्येछिलमासाद्य तीर्थ परमदुर्लभम् । तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्,तत्पश्चात् परम दुर्लभ ज्येष्लिलतीर्थमें जाकर एक रात निवास करनेसे मानव सहस्र गोदानका फल पाता है
atha jyeṣṭhilam āsādya tīrthaṁ paramadurlabham | tatroṣya rajanīm ekāṁ gosahasraphalaṁ labhet |
さらに、きわめて得難い聖なる渡し場ジュエーシュティラ（Jyeṣṭhila）に至り、そこで一夜を過ごす者は、千頭の牛を施すに等しい功徳を得ると言われる。この段は『マハーバーラタ』のティールタ倫理を強調する――節度ある巡礼と、聖地における敬虔な遵行こそ、ダルマの功徳を積む強力な道であると示す。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere observance at a rare tīrtha—here, staying one night at Jyeṣṭhila—can yield great puṇya, framed as merit equal to the famed standard of gifting a thousand cows, reinforcing dharma through pilgrimage and restraint.
In the tīrtha-yātrā context of the Vana Parva, the speaker describes the spiritual benefit of reaching the Jyeṣṭhila pilgrimage site and spending a single night there, promising a specific measure of merit (gosahasra-phala).