Shloka 123

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

Devanagari script

सदा संनिहितो यत्र विष्णुर्वसति भारत । यत्र ब्रह्मादयो देवा ऋषयश्च॒ तपोधना:

Transliteration

sadā saṁnihito yatra viṣṇur vasati bhārata | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaś ca tapodhanāḥ ||

Translation

ఓ భారతా, విష్ణువు ఎక్కడ సదా సన్నిహితుడై నివసిస్తాడో, అక్కడే బ్రహ్మ మొదలైన దేవతలు మరియు తపోధనులైన ఋషులు కూడా నివసిస్తారు.

Word by Word

सदाalways

संनिहितःpresent, close at hand

यत्रwhere

विष्णुःVishnu

वसतिdwells, resides

भारतO Bharata

यत्रwhere

ब्रह्मादयःBrahma and others

देवाःgods

ऋषयःsages

चand

तपोधनाःthose whose wealth is austerity (ascetics)

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Viṣṇu

Brahmā

Devas

Ṛ

Ṛṣis

Bhārata (addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The presence of Viṣṇu is portrayed as the defining mark of a truly sacred place: where the Lord abides, the highest gods and accomplished sages naturally congregate. Ethically, it implies that proximity to the divine (through devotion, purity, and right practice) elevates one’s environment and conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses “Bhārata” and describes the sanctity of a location by stating that Viṣṇu is ever-present there, and that Brahmā, other deities, and tapas-rich sages also reside there—framing the place as spiritually authoritative and worthy of reverence.