Shloka 108
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
ततो गच्छेत ब्रह्मुर्षेगौतमस्य वन प्रियम्
tato gacchet brahmarṣe gautamasya vana-priyam | tat-paścāt brahmarṣi-gautamake priya-vanakī yātrā karet | tatra ahalyā-kuṇḍe snānena manuṣyaḥ paramagatiṃ prāpnoti | rājan! gautamasyāśrame gatvā manuṣyaḥ svārthe lakṣmīṃ prāpnoti |
پھر برہمرشی گوتم کے محبوب جنگل کی طرف جانا چاہیے۔ وہاں اہلیا کنڈ میں اشنان کرنے سے انسان پرم گتی کو پاتا ہے۔ اے راجن! گوتم کے آشرم میں جا کر آدمی اپنے لیے شری—یعنی خوشحالی و برکت—حاصل کرتا ہے۔
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that disciplined pilgrimage to sanctified places associated with great sages, coupled with ritual purity (such as bathing in a revered tīrtha), supports both spiritual elevation (parama-gati) and rightful worldly well-being (lakṣmī), aligning personal benefit with dharmic practice.
The speaker instructs the king on the next stages of a tīrtha-journey: go to the beloved forest of Ṛṣi Gautama, visit his hermitage, and bathe in Ahalyā-kuṇḍa, describing the fruits of these acts—supreme attainment and prosperity.