Shloka 133

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

Devanagari script

ततो गच्छेत राजेन्द्र चम्पकारण्यमुत्तमम्‌ | तत्रोष्य रजनीमेकां गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्‌

Transliteration

tato gacchet rājendra campakāraṇyam uttamam | tatroṣya rajanīm ekāṁ gosahasraphalaṁ labhet, rājendra ||

Translation

ତାପରେ, ହେ ରାଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର, ଉତ୍ତମ ଚମ୍ପକାରଣ୍ୟକୁ ଯିବା ଉଚିତ। ସେଠାରେ ଗୋଟିଏ ରାତି ବାସ କଲେ ସହସ୍ର ଗୋଦାନର ଫଳ ମିଳେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya (ablatival adverb: 'from there/thereafter')

• गच्छेत्: should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), parasmaipada, 3rd person, singular, present-system

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• चम्पक-अरण्यम्: the Champaka forest
• चम्पक-अरण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक-अरण्य
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: Avyaya (locative adverb)

• उष्य: having stayed
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā/lyap), from √वस् 'to dwell' (irregular absolutive form उष्य)

• रजनीम्: night
• रजनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• एकाम्: one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• गो-सहस्र-फलम्: the merit/reward of (donating) a thousand cows
• गो-सहस्र-फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-सहस्र-फल
• Form: Neuter, accusative, singular

• लभेत्: would obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3rd person, singular, present-system, ātmanepada

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजेन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Campakāraṇya (Campaka forest)
• rājendra (addressed king)
• go-sahasra (thousand cows, as a meritorious gift)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that disciplined pilgrimage and reverent residence at a sacred place can yield great spiritual merit, here expressed as the fruit equal to donating a thousand cows—encouraging dharmic effort through tirtha-yatra.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker instructs the addressed king on the next step of a pilgrimage itinerary: go to the sacred Campakāraṇya and stay one night; doing so grants the pilgrim the stated merit (gosahasra-phala).