Shloka 4
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
सौगन्धिकवनं राजंस्ततो गच्छेत मानव:,राजन! तत्पश्चात् मानव सौगन्धिक वनमें जाय
saugandhikavanaṁ rājan tato gacchet mānavaḥ | rājan! tatpaścāt mānava saugandhika-vanameṁ jāya |
次いで、王よ、人はサウガンディカの森へ向かうべきである。王よ、そののち人はサウガンディカの林苑に至る。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse conveys a prescriptive, orderly movement through a landscape: one should proceed step by step to the designated place. Ethically, it reflects disciplined travel—following guidance, respecting sequence, and moving with purpose rather than impulse.
The speaker gives route-like instructions to a king, stating that from the current location one should go onward to the Saugandhika forest, and that after this stage the traveler reaches that grove.