Shloka 10

Adharma’s Short-Lived Prosperity and the Restorative Path of Tīrtha (लोमश–युधिष्ठिर संवादः)

Devanagari script

इयं राजर्षिभियता पुण्यकृद्धिर्युधिष्ठिर । मन्वादिभिम्महाराज तीर्थयात्रा भयापहा,महाराज युधिष्ठिर! यह तीर्थयात्रा सब प्रकारके भयका नाश करनेवाली है। मनु आदि पुण्यात्मा राजर्षियोंने इस तीर्थयात्रारूपी धर्मका पालन किया है

Transliteration

iyaṁ rājarṣibhir yātā puṇyakṛddhir yudhiṣṭhira | manvādibhir mahārāja tīrthayātrā bhayāpahā ||

Translation

లోమశుడు అన్నాడు—మహారాజ యుధిష్ఠిరా! ఈ తీర్థయాత్ర పుణ్యాన్ని పెంపొందించేది, భయాన్ని తొలగించేది. మనువు మొదలైన ధర్మాత్మ రాజర్షులు, ఓ మహారాజా, ఈ ధర్మమయ తీర్థయాత్రను ఆచరించారు.

Word by Word

इयम्this

राजर्षिभिःby royal sages

यताpractised / undertaken

पुण्यकृद्धिःincrease of merit

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

मन्वादिभिःby Manu and others

महाराजO great king

तीर्थयात्राpilgrimage to sacred fords

भयापहाremoving fear

Speaker

लोमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomaśa

Yudhiṣṭhira

Manu

rājarṣis (royal sages)

tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pilgrimage (tīrthayātrā) is presented as a dharmic discipline validated by exemplary ancestors (Manu and the rājarṣis). It increases puṇya and removes fear, implying that righteous practice and sacred travel cultivate inner steadiness and moral courage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomaśa addresses Yudhiṣṭhira during the forest period, commending the practice of visiting tīrthas. He frames the journey as an ancient, kingly-sage tradition and reassures Yudhiṣṭhira that such a pilgrimage dispels fear and supports dharma.