Shloka 132
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
कौशिकी तत्र गच्छेत महापापप्रणाशिनीम् । राजसूयस्य यज्ञस्य फल प्राप्रोति मानव:
Kauśikī tatra gacchet mahāpāpapraṇāśinīm | Rājasūyasya yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ ||
وہاں مہاپاپوں کو مٹانے والی کَوشِکی ندی ہے۔ جو اس کے کنارے جا کر اشنان کرتا ہے وہ راجسوئے یَجْن کے برابر پھل پاتا ہے۔
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sincere pilgrimage and ritual bathing at a sanctified river-tīrtha can purify even grave wrongdoing, and that such dharmic acts can yield merit comparable to major Vedic royal sacrifices—making spiritual benefit accessible beyond elite ritual performance.
A speaker is describing a sacred site: the Kauśikī river is praised as a powerful purifier. The listener is instructed to go there and bathe, with the assurance that this act grants the fruit of the Rājasūya sacrifice.