Shloka 76
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
भरतकुलभूषण! वहीं शतसाहस्रकतीर्थ है। उसमें स्नान करके नियमपालनपूर्वक नियमित भोजन करते हुए मनुष्य सहस्र गोदानका पुण्यफल प्राप्त करता है ।।
bharatakula-bhūṣaṇa! vahāṁ śata-sāhasraka-tīrthaḥ. tatra snātvā niyama-pālana-pūrvakaṁ niyamita-bhojanaṁ kurvan manuṣyaḥ sahasra-go-dānasya puṇya-phalaṁ prāpnoti. tato gacchet rājendra bhartṛ-sthānam anuttamam. aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ.
ໂອ ຜູ້ເປັນເກຍດຕິພູມຂອງວົງສາບາຣະຕະ! ທີ່ນັ້ນມີທ່ານ້ຳສັກສິດຊື່ «ສະຕະ-ສາຫັສຣະກະ-ຕີຣຖະ». ຜູ້ໃດອາບນ້ຳຢູ່ທີ່ນັ້ນ ແລ້ວຮັກສາວິໄນ ດຳລົງຊີວິດດ້ວຍການຂົມຂື່ນຕົນ ແລະກິນອາຫານຕາມກຳນົດ ຈະໄດ້ບຸນຜົນເທົ່າກັບການບໍລິຈາກງົວພັນຕົວ. ຈາກນັ້ນ ໂອ ພະຣາຊາຜູ້ປະເສີດ ຄວນໄປຕໍ່ຍັງ «ພະຣຕຣຶ-ສະຖານະ» ອັນສູງສຸດ; ໄປເຖິງທີ່ນັ້ນແລ້ວ ມະນຸດຈະໄດ້ຜົນເທົ່າກັບພິທີຍັດ «ອັສວະເມທະ».
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places yield their promised merit when approached with ethical discipline: bathing (external purity) is paired with niyama—restraint, observances, and regulated eating (internal discipline). The verse links pilgrimage to moral self-governance rather than mere travel.
A speaker guides a king (addressed as ‘ornament of the Bharatas’ and ‘best of kings’) through a sequence of tīrthas: first Śata-sāhasraka, where bathing and disciplined living grant the merit of a thousand cow-gifts, and then Bhartṛ-sthāna, whose visit grants the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice.