Mahabharata — Vana Parva, Shloka 55
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विन्देद् बहुसुवर्णकम् । दशापरान् दश पूर्वान् नरानुद्धरते कुलम्
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā vinded bahusuvarṇakam | daśāparān daśa pūrvān narān uddharate kulam ||
جس کی باطن کی پاکیزگی تمام گناہوں سے ہو جائے، وہ بہت سا سونا پاتا ہے؛ اور وہ اپنے خاندان کی نجات کا سبب بنتا ہے—آنے والی دس نسلوں اور گزر چکی دس نسلوں کو بھی تار دیتا ہے۔
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Moral purification is portrayed as both spiritually efficacious and socially consequential: cleansing oneself of sin yields prosperity and, more importantly, benefits one’s lineage by ‘uplifting’ past and future generations.
Ghulastya is speaking in a didactic mode, stating the fruits of becoming ‘purified of all sins’: the person gains abundant wealth and is credited with rescuing or elevating the family line across ten generations before and after.