Shloka 7

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

Devanagari script

प्लक्षाद्वेवी खुता राजन्‌ महापुण्या सरस्वती । तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत वल्मीकान्नि:सृते जले

Transliteration

plakṣād devī kṣutā rājan mahāpuṇyā sarasvatī | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta valmīkān niḥsṛte jale ||

Translation

ହେ ରାଜନ, ପ୍ଲକ୍ଷ ବୃକ୍ଷରୁ ମହାପୁଣ୍ୟମୟୀ ଦେବୀ ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ପ୍ରକଟ ହୁଅନ୍ତି। ସେଠାରେ ବଲ୍ମୀକ (ବାଁବି)ରୁ ନିଷ୍ସୃତ ଜଳରେ ଅଭିଷେକ-ସ୍ନାନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• प्लक्षात्: from the plakṣa tree
• प्लक्षात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्लक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• खुता: dug out / excavated
• खुता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खुता
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महापुण्या: highly meritorious/most holy
• महापुण्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापुण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī (river/goddess)
• सरस्वती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अभिषेकम्: bathing/ablution
• अभिषेकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कुर्वीत: should do / should perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वल्मीकात्: from an anthill
• वल्मीकात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वल्मीक
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• निःसृते: in (the water) that has issued forth
• निःसृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निःसृत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जले: in water
• जले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ghūlastya
• rājan (the king, addressee)
• Sarasvatī
• plakṣa tree
• valmīka (anthill/termite mound)
• sacred forest (implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that certain tīrthas (sacred places) are approached with reverence and disciplined action: bathing (abhiṣeka) at the holy source of Sarasvatī is prescribed as a means of purification and moral renewal, reinforcing commitment to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Ghūlastya is guiding the king through a sacred landscape, identifying the origin-place of the goddess-river Sarasvatī near a plakṣa tree and instructing him to bathe in the water that emerges from an anthill, a specific ritual act within the broader tīrtha-yātrā account.