Shloka 53

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

Devanagari script

उपस्पृश्य च वै विद्यां यत्र तत्रोपपद्यते । महाश्रमे वसेद्‌ रात्रिं सर्वपापप्रमोचने

Transliteration

upaspṛśya ca vai vidyāṃ yatra tatrōpapadyate | mahāśrame vased rātriṃ sarvapāpapramocane ||

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ଜଳସ୍ପର୍ଶ (ଆଚମନ/ସ୍ନାନ) କରି ଏବଂ ବିଦ୍ୟାକୁ ଆଶ୍ରୟ କଲେ, ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ଯେଉଁଠି ଥାଉ ନାହିଁ ବିଦ୍ୟାର ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ହୁଏ। ସର୍ବପାପ-ପ୍ରମୋଚକ ମହାଶ୍ରମରେ ଏକ ରାତି ବସିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• उपस्पृश्य: having touched/after performing ācamana (ritual touching/purification)
• उपस्पृश्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपस्पृश्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे अव्ययभावः), कर्तरि, पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (absolutive)

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

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• विद्याम्: knowledge/learning (sacred lore)
• विद्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• उपपद्यते: is attained/comes to pass; is obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपपद्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, Third, Singular

• महाश्रमे: in the great hermitage/āśrama
• महाश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वसेत्: should dwell/stay
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, Third, Singular

• रात्रिम्: night
• रात्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वपापप्रमोचने: in (the place) that is the remover of all sins
• सर्वपापप्रमोचने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपापप्रमोचन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• महाश्रम (great hermitage/āśrama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Purity of conduct (symbolized by upaspṛśya/ācamana) and disciplined engagement with sacred knowledge are linked; staying in a sanctified hermitage is presented as a means of moral cleansing and renewal.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker gives a prescriptive instruction: after performing purification and taking up learning properly, one should spend the night at a renowned hermitage described as capable of freeing one from sin—typical of Vana Parva’s guidance on holy places and observances.