Shloka 160
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
प्राइनदीतीर्थमें जानेसे द्विज कृतार्थ हो जाता है। वह सब पापोंसे शुद्धचित्त होकर इन्द्रलोकमें जाता है ।। ऋषभद्दीपमासाद्य मेध्यं क्रौड्चनिष्दनम् । सरस्वत्यामुपस्पृश्य विमानस्थो विराजते,तीर्थसेवी मनुष्य पवित्र ऋषभद्वीप और क्रौज्चनिषूदनतीर्थमें जाकर सरस्वतीमें स्नान करनेसे विमानपर विराजमान होता है
ṛṣabhadvīpam āsādya medhyaṃ krauñcanisūdanam | sarasvatyām upaspṛśya vimānastho virājate || tīrthasevī manuṣyaḥ pavitraṃ ṛṣabhadvīpaṃ ca krauñcanisūdanatīrthaṃ ca gatvā sarasvatyāṃ snānena vimāne virājate |
Ao ir ao tīrtha do rio Prāyaṇa, o dvija vê seu intento cumprido; com a mente purificada de todos os pecados, ele vai ao mundo de Indra. E o devoto dos tīrthas, ao alcançar a ilha pura chamada Ṛṣabhadvīpa e o vau santificador conhecido como Krauñca-nisūdana, e ao banhar-se ali no Sarasvatī, resplandece como quem se assenta num carro celestial.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere pilgrimage and ritual purification at revered tīrthas cleanse sin and elevate the practitioner, symbolized by attaining a heavenly vimāna. Ethical emphasis lies on inner purification and disciplined devotion expressed through sacred travel.
The speaker praises specific pilgrimage sites—Ṛṣabhadvīpa and the Krauñca-nisūdana tīrtha—and states that bathing in the Sarasvatī there grants the pilgrim radiant, heavenly honor, depicted as being seated in a celestial chariot.