Shloka 161
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
औद्दालकं महाराज तीर्थ मुनिनिषेवितम् । तत्राभिषेकं कृत्वा वै सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते,महाराज! मुनियोंसे सेवित औद्यदालकतीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है
auddālakaṃ mahārāja tīrthaṃ muniniṣevitam | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā vai sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
Ghūlastya disse: “Ó grande rei, há um vau sagrado chamado Auddālaka, frequentado e reverenciado pelos sábios. Aquele que ali realiza o banho ritual é, de fato, libertado de todos os pecados.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Association with sanctified places and sage-honored traditions supports moral purification: a sincere ritual bath at a revered tīrtha is presented as a means to be freed from accumulated wrongdoing and to renew one’s commitment to dharma.
A speaker (Ghūlastya) instructs a king about a particular pilgrimage site—Auddālaka-tīrtha—praising it as frequented by sages and stating the spiritual benefit of bathing there: release from sins.