Shloka 29

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

Devanagari script

सप्तगड़े त्रिगड़े च शक्रावर्ते च तर्पयन्‌ । देवान्‌ 6 52 के

Transliteration

ghulastya uvāca | saptagaḍe trigaḍe ca śakrāvarte ca tarpayann | devān pitṝṁś ca vidhivat puṇye loke mahīyate ||

Translation

ସପ୍ତଗଡ, ତ୍ରିଗଡ ଓ ଶକ୍ରାବର୍ତ୍ତ ତୀର୍ଥରେ ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଦେବତା ଓ ପିତୃମାନଙ୍କୁ ତର୍ପଣ କରୁଥିବା ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ପୁଣ୍ୟଲୋକରେ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ ଓ ସମ୍ମାନିତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• सप्तगङ्गे: at (the tīrtha called) Saptagaṅgā
• सप्तगङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तगङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• त्रिगङ्गे: at (the tīrtha called) Trigaṅgā
• त्रिगङ्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिगङ्गा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

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

• शक्रावर्ते: at Śakrāvarta
• शक्रावर्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्रावर्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• तर्पयन्: satisfying / offering libations to
• तर्पयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: तर्पय् (तृप्)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (manes)
• पितॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• पुण्ये: in the meritorious (holy) [world]
• पुण्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored / attains eminence
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Lat (Present), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive (ātmanepada usage)

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghulastya
• Saptagaḍa (tīrtha)
• Trigaḍa (tīrtha)
• Śakrāvarta (tīrtha)
• Devas
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that performing prescribed offerings (tarpana) to both gods and ancestors at sacred tīrthas is a form of dharma that generates puṇya, leading to honor and a higher, meritorious state of existence. It emphasizes disciplined ritual action, gratitude, and maintaining the cosmic and familial order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within the tīrtha-māhātmya context of the Vana Parva, a speaker (Ghulastya) enumerates specific pilgrimage sites and states the spiritual result of proper worship there: one who performs due libations to devas and pitṛs at these named fords attains esteem in a blessed realm.