Shloka 25
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
प्रदक्षिणमुपावृत्य गच्छेत भरतर्षभ । धारां नाम महाप्राज्ञ: सर्वपापप्रमोचनीम्,भरतश्रेष्ठ! तदनन्तर महाप्राज्ञ पुरुष उस तीर्थकी परिक्रमा करके धाराकी यात्रा करे, जो सब पापोंसे छुड़ानेवाली है
pradakṣiṇam upāvṛtya gacchet bharatarṣabha | dhārāṃ nāma mahāprajñaḥ sarvapāpapramocanīm ||
Wika ni Ghūlastya: “O toro sa mga Bharata, matapos ganapin ang pradakṣiṇā (pag-ikot na may paggalang) at saka bumaling pabalik, hayaang magtungo ang marunong na manlalakbay sa banal na tawiran na tinatawag na Dhārā—na bantog sa pagpapalaya mula sa lahat ng kasalanan.”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches disciplined sacred conduct: complete the rite of pradakṣiṇā with reverence, then proceed to a tīrtha famed for moral purification—implying that ethical renewal is pursued through prescribed, mindful religious practice.
The speaker Ghūlastya is guiding the listener through a sequence of pilgrimage actions, directing them to finish a circumambulation and then travel onward to the tīrtha named Dhārā, described as removing all sins.