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Shloka 121

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

ह्वियमाणा हृता राजन्‌ विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना | तत्राभिषेकं कुर्वीत तीर्थकोट्यां युधिष्ठिर

hviyamāṇā hṛtā rājan viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kurvīta tīrthakoṭyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira ||

கூலஸ்த்யர் கூறினார்—“அரசே, அழைக்கப்பட்டுக் கொண்டிருந்த போதிலும், எல்லாற்றலும் உடைய விஷ்ணுவால் அவள் எடுத்துச் செல்லப்பட்டாள். ஆகவே, யுதிஷ்டிரா, ‘தீர்த்தகோடி’ எனப்படும் அந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தில் அபிஷேகச் சடங்கைச் செய்ய வேண்டும்.”

ह्वियमाणाbeing called/invoked
ह्वियमाणा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootह्वि (√ह्वा/ह्वे) + यमाण (शानच्)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
हृताtaken away/abducted
हृता:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहृ (√हृ) + त (क्त)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
विष्णुनाby Vishnu
विष्णुना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
प्रभविष्णुनाby the mighty/powerful one
प्रभविष्णुना:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभविष्णु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अभिषेकम्consecration/anointing
अभिषेकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअभिषेक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कुर्वीतshould do/should perform
कुर्वीत:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (√कृ)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तीर्थकोट्याम्at (the place called) Tirthakoti
तीर्थकोट्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थकोटि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

घुलस्त्य उवाच

G
Ghūlastya
V
Viṣṇu
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
T
Tīrthakoṭī

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores the sanctifying power of a tīrtha and the dharmic value of prescribed rites: when a place is marked by divine action (Viṣṇu’s irresistible power), performing abhiṣeka there becomes a meritorious act of purification and devotion.

Ghūlastya addresses Yudhiṣṭhira, recounting that someone (a woman, implied by feminine participles) was called/invoked but was taken away by Viṣṇu; on that basis he recommends that Yudhiṣṭhira perform a consecratory rite at the pilgrimage site named Tīrthakoṭī.