Shloka 105

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

Devanagari script

उपस्पृश्य ततस्तत्र कक्षीवानिव मोदते । यक्षिण्या नैत्यकं तत्र प्राश्नीत पुरुष: शुचि:

Transliteration

upaspṛśya tatastatra kakṣīvān iva modate | yakṣiṇyā naityakaṃ tatra prāśnīt puruṣaḥ śuciḥ ||

Translation

అక్కడ ఉపస్పృశ్యము ఆచరించి అతడు కక్షీవానునివలె ఆనందించును. అదే స్థలమున శుచియైన పురుషుడు యక్షిణీ యొక్క నైత్యకము (నైవేద్యము) స్వీకరించును.

Word by Word

उपस्पृश्यhaving touched (after touching)

ततःthen/from there

तत्रthere

कक्षीवान्Kakṣīvān (proper name)

इवlike/as if

मोदतेrejoices

यक्षिण्याःof the Yakṣiṇī

नैत्यकम्a (daily/regular) offering/food portion

तत्रthere

प्राश्नीतate/partook

पुरुषःthe man

शुचिःpure/clean

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Kakṣīvān

yakṣiṇī

naityaka (ritual offering/food)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic restraint through ritual correctness: before enjoying any offering, one should purify oneself (upaspṛśya) and partake in a manner consistent with prescribed rites, keeping pleasure subordinate to purity and propriety.

What is happening in the narrative?

After performing a purificatory sip of water, the man—described as śuci (pure)—accepts and eats a ritual portion (naityaka) associated with the yakṣiṇī, and he becomes joyful, compared to the sage Kakṣīvān.