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Shloka 91

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

ततो गृध्रवर्ट गच्छेत्‌ स्थानं देवस्थ धीमत: । स्नायीत भस्मना तत्र अभिगम्य वृषध्वजम्‌

tato gṛdhravraṭaṁ gacchet sthānaṁ devastha dhīmataḥ | snāyīt bhasmanā tatra abhigamya vṛṣadhvajam ||

បន្ទាប់មក គួរធ្វើដំណើរទៅកាន់ទីសក្ការៈឈ្មោះ «គ្រឹធ្រវ្រាត» (Gṛdhravraṭa) ដែលជាទីបរិសុទ្ធពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងទេវតាអ្នកប្រាជ្ញ។ ពេលទៅដល់ «វ្រឹសធ្វជ» (Vṛṣadhvaja—ព្រះសិវៈ) គួរងូតដោយផេះបរិសុទ្ធ គឺលាបផេះលើរាងកាយ ដោយចូលទៅសក្ការៈព្រះមហាទេវៈ។

ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
गृध्रवटम्to (the place called) Gṛdhravaṭa
गृध्रवटम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगृध्रवट
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गच्छेत्should go
गच्छेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormVidhi-linga, Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
स्थानम्place, abode
स्थानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
देवस्थम्divine/sacred (lit. 'abode of the gods')
देवस्थम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootदेवस्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
धीमतःof the wise one
धीमतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootधीमत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
स्नायीतshould bathe
स्नायीत:
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना
FormVidhi-linga, Optative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
भस्मनाwith ash
भस्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभस्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अभिगम्यhaving approached
अभिगम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-गम्
FormGerund (त्वान्त/ल्यप्), true
वृषध्वजम्Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva; 'he whose banner is the bull')
वृषध्वजम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवृषध्वज
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

घुलस्त्य उवाच

G
Gṛdhravraṭa (tīrtha/place)
V
Vṛṣadhvaja (Śiva)
M
Mahādeva (Śiva)
B
bhasma (sacred ash)

Educational Q&A

The verse teaches that tīrtha-yātrā and worship should be performed with disciplined purity and humility: approach Śiva reverently and undertake the prescribed act of purification (bhasma-snāna), emphasizing devotion expressed through right observance.

The speaker gives a procedural instruction for a pilgrimage stop: go to the sacred place named Gṛdhravraṭa, then approach Śiva (Vṛṣadhvaja/Mahādeva) there and perform a ritual bath with sacred ash as part of the worship.