Shloka 24
Brahmaṇānāṃ Yācanā—Tīrtha-yātrā-prastāvaḥ
The Brahmanas’ Petition and the Proposal of Pilgrimage
तच्चाप्यपहरिष्यामि सव्यसाचिन्युपागते । यच्च ते मानसं वीर तीर्थयात्रामिमां प्रति । स महर्षिलोमशस्ते कथयिष्यत्यसंशयम्
taccāpyapahariṣyāmi savyasācin yūpāgate | yacca te mānasaṃ vīra tīrthayātrām imāṃ prati | sa maharṣi-lomaśas te kathayiṣyaty asaṃśayam ||
சவ்யசாசி வந்து சேர்ந்ததும் அதையும் நான் அகற்றுவேன். மேலும், வீரனே! இந்தத் தீர்த்தயாத்திரை குறித்து உன் மனத்தில் உள்ள எண்ணத்தை மகரிஷி லோமசர் உனக்கு ஐயமின்றி விளக்குவார்.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Right action is clarified through competent guidance: inner resolve about a dharmic undertaking (here, pilgrimage) should be examined and explained by a trustworthy sage, removing doubt and aligning intention with dharma.
The narrator indicates that once Arjuna (Savyasācin) arrives, a present uncertainty will be dispelled, and that the sage Lomaśa will certainly explain the hero’s inner intention concerning the ongoing pilgrimage.