Shloka 154

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

Devanagari script

ताग्रारुणं समासाद्य ब्रह्मचारी समाहित: । अश्वमेधमवाप्रोति ब्रह्मलोक॑ च गच्छति

Transliteration

tāmra-aruṇaṁ samāsādya brahmacārī samāhitaḥ | aśvamedham avāpnoti brahmalokaṁ ca gacchati ||

Translation

ထို့နောက်၊ စည်းကမ်းတကျ ပရဟ္မစရိယ (ဘြဟ္မစရိယ) ကို ထိန်းသိမ်းသော သမာဓိတည်ငြိမ်သူသည် တာမ္ရ-အရုဏ (Tāmra-Aruṇa) ဟုခေါ်သော တီရ္ထသို့ ရောက်လျှင် အရှွမေဓ (Aśvamedha) ယဇ်၏ ကုသိုလ်အကျိုးကို ရရှိပြီး နောက်တစ်ဖန် ဘြဟ္မလောကသို့ ရောက်၏။

Word by Word

• ताम्रारुणम्: the Tamrāruṇa (tīrtha/place)
• ताम्रारुणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्रारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समासाद्य: having reached/approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), Gerund (having reached)

• ब्रह्मचारी: a celibate/student (brahmacārin)
• ब्रह्मचारी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाहितः: collected, composed, concentrated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-√धा (समाहित, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• अश्वमेधम्: the Aśvamedha (sacrifice/its fruit)
• अश्वमेधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्नोति: obtains/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-√आप्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: the world of Brahmā (Brahmaloka)
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गच्छति: goes
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, 3rd, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• Tāmra-Aruṇa tīrtha
• Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
• Brahmaloka
• Brahmā

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that brahmacarya (continence and disciplined restraint) combined with a collected, one-pointed mind can confer extraordinary spiritual merit—equal to the famed Aśvamedha—and lead to exalted states such as Brahmaloka. Ethical emphasis falls on inner purity and self-control rather than external grandeur.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the context of tīrtha-māhātmya (praise of pilgrimage sites) within Vana Parva, the speaker Ghūlastya describes the fruit of visiting the Tāmra-Aruṇa sacred ford while maintaining brahmacarya and mental concentration: the pilgrim gains Aśvamedha-like merit and proceeds to Brahmaloka.