Shloka 161
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
औद्दालकं महाराज तीर्थ मुनिनिषेवितम् । तत्राभिषेकं कृत्वा वै सर्वपापै: प्रमुच्यते,महाराज! मुनियोंसे सेवित औद्यदालकतीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य सब पापोंसे मुक्त हो जाता है
auddālakaṃ mahārāja tīrthaṃ muniniṣevitam | tatrābhiṣekaṃ kṛtvā vai sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ||
Wika ni Ghūlastya: “O dakilang hari, may isang banal na tawiran na tinatawag na Auddālaka, na dinadalaw at iginagalang ng mga pantas na rishi. Ang sinumang magsagawa ng ritwal na paliligo roon ay tunay na napapalaya mula sa lahat ng kasalanan.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Association with sanctified places and sage-honored traditions supports moral purification: a sincere ritual bath at a revered tīrtha is presented as a means to be freed from accumulated wrongdoing and to renew one’s commitment to dharma.
A speaker (Ghūlastya) instructs a king about a particular pilgrimage site—Auddālaka-tīrtha—praising it as frequented by sages and stating the spiritual benefit of bathing there: release from sins.