Shloka 6

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

Devanagari script

वहाँ ब्रह्मा आदि देवता, तपोधन ऋषि, सिद्ध, चारण, गन्धर्व, किन्नर और बड़े-बड़े नाग निवास करते हैं ।।

Transliteration

tatra brahmādayo devāḥ tapodhanā ṛṣayaḥ siddhāś cāraṇā gandharvāḥ kinnarāś ca mahānāgāś ca nivasanti | tad vanaṃ praviśann eva sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate | tataś cāpi saricchreṣṭhā nadīnām uttamā nadī paramapuṇyā sarasvatīdevyā udgamasthānam, yatra sā plakṣanāmnaḥ vṛkṣasya mūlāt sravantī | rājan! tatra valmīkād utthitena jalena snānaṃ kartavyam |

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ବ୍ରହ୍ମା ଆଦି ଦେବତା, ତପୋଧନ ଋଷି, ସିଦ୍ଧ, ଚାରଣ, ଗନ୍ଧର୍ବ, କିନ୍ନର ଏବଂ ମହାବଳୀ ନାଗମାନେ ବସନ୍ତି। ସେଇ ବନରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କରିବାମାତ୍ରେ ମନୁଷ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ପାପରୁ ମୁକ୍ତ ହୁଏ। ତାହାର ପରେ ସରିତାମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଓ ନଦୀମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଉତ୍ତମ—ପରମ ପୁଣ୍ୟମୟୀ ଦେବୀ ସରସ୍ୱତୀଙ୍କ ଉଦ୍ଗମସ୍ଥାନ ଅଛି; ସେଠାରେ ସେ ପ୍ଲକ୍ଷ ନାମକ ବୃକ୍ଷର ମୂଳରୁ ଟପକି ଟପକି ପ୍ରକଟ ହୁଅନ୍ତି। ହେ ରାଜନ, ସେଠାରେ ବାଁବି/ବଲ୍ମୀକରୁ ନିଷ୍ସୃତ ଜଳରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ; ଏହା ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଶୁଦ୍ଧିକର ତୀର୍ଥ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (forest)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविशन्: entering
• प्रविशन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सर्वपापैः: from all sins (lit. by/with all sins as the thing removed)
• सर्वपापैः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वपाप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रमुच्यते: is freed/released
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-मुच्
• Form: Lat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/Reflexive sense

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Siddhas
• Cāraṇas
• Gandharvas
• Kinnaras
• Nāgas
• the sacred forest (vana)
• Sarasvatī (river-goddess)
• Plakṣa tree
• anthill (valmīka)
• the King (rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sacred places are portrayed as moral catalysts: entering a holy forest and bathing at a revered source is said to cleanse sin, encouraging restraint, reverence, and renewed commitment to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

The speaker describes a holy region inhabited by divine and semi-divine beings, then points out the exceptionally meritorious source of the Sarasvatī near a Plakṣa tree, advising the king to bathe in the water emerging from an anthill there.