Shloka 128
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
विराजति यथा सोमो मेघैर्मुक्तो नराधिप । जातिस्मरमुपस्पृश्य शुचि: प्रयतमानस:
virājati yathā somo meghair mukto narādhipa | jātismaram upaspṛśya śuciḥ prayatamānasaḥ ||
ନରାଧିପ! ମେଘାବରଣରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରମା ଯେପରି ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ହୁଏ, ସେପରି ଏହି ପବିତ୍ର ସ୍ଥାନକୁ ସମୀପ କଲେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ମଧ୍ୟ ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ୱଳ ହୁଏ। ‘ଜାତିସ୍ମର’ ତୀର୍ଥରେ ସ୍ନାନ କଲେ ସେ ପବିତ୍ର ହୋଇ, ସଂଯମୀ ଓ ଶୁଦ୍ଧଚିତ୍ତ ହୁଏ।
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage and ritual bathing at a sacred tīrtha, combined with disciplined intention, purify both body and mind; proximity to Mahādeva (Rudra) is portrayed as removing the ‘covering’ of impurity and misfortune, like clouds leaving the Moon.
Ghūlastya addresses a king and praises a specific sacred site—Jātismara-tīrtha—describing its power to prevent downfall and to purify the pilgrim, using the image of the Moon shining once clouds disperse, and linking the tīrtha’s efficacy to nearness to Rudra.