Shloka 19

Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

इहाप्लुतानां कौन्तेय सद्यः पाप्माभिहन्यते । कुरुश्रेष्ठाभिषेकं॑ वै तस्मात्‌ कुरु सहानुज:,कुन्तीनन्दन! इस तीर्थमें गोता लगानेवाले मानवोंका सारा पाप तत्काल नष्ट हो जाता है। अतः कुरुश्रेष्ठी तुम अपने भाइयोंके साथ यहाँ स्नान करो

Transliteration

ihāplutānāṃ kaunteya sadyaḥ pāpmābhihanyate | kuruśreṣṭhābhiṣekaṃ vai tasmāt kuru sahānujaiḥ ||

Translation

Wika ni Lomasa: “O anak ni Kuntī, ang sinumang maligo sa banal na pook na ito ay agad na nawawasak ang kasalanan. Kaya, O pinakamahusay sa mga Kuru, isagawa mo rito ang sagradong paliligo kasama ang iyong mga nakababatang kapatid.”

Word by Word

इहhere

आप्लुतानाम्of those who have bathed/immersed

कौन्तेयO son of Kunti

सद्यःimmediately

पाप्माsin/evil

अभिहन्यतेis destroyed/struck down

कुरुश्रेष्ठthe best of the Kurus

अभिषेकम्bathing/ablution (ritual bath)

वैindeed

तस्मात्therefore/from that reason

कुरुdo/perform

सwith him/with that (i.e., with your younger brother)

अनुजःyounger brother

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomasha

Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Kuru (Kuru lineage/Pāṇḍavas)

Anuja (younger brothers of Yudhiṣṭhira)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the purificatory power of a sacred tīrtha: sincere bathing/immersion there is said to destroy moral taint immediately, encouraging ethical renewal through pilgrimage and ritual discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the Pāṇḍavas’ forest period, the sage Lomasha guides Yudhiṣṭhira (Kaunteya) through holy places and urges him—along with his younger brothers—to perform the tīrtha-bath as a consecratory act that removes sin.