Shloka 22
Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)
वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--तदनन्तर राजा युधिष्ठिर अपने दल-बलके साथ नन््दामें गोता लगाकर रमणीय एवं शीतल जलवाली शुभ पुण्यमयी कौशिकीके तटपर गये ।। लोगश उवाच एषा देवनदी पुण्या कौशिकी भरतर्षभ । विश्वामित्रा श्रमो रम्य एष चात्र प्रकाशते,वहाँ लोमशजीने कहा--भरतगश्रेष्ठ! यह देवताओंकी नदी पुण्यसलिला कौशिकी है और यह विश्वामित्रका रमणीय आश्रम है, जो यहाँ प्रकाशित हो रहा है
Lomaśa uvāca—eṣā devanadī puṇyā Kauśikī bharatarṣabha | Viśvāmitrasya āśramo ramyaḥ eṣa cātra prakāśate ||
Lomaśa nói: “Hỡi bậc tráng sĩ trong dòng Bharata, đây là sông Kauśikī linh thiêng—một dòng thiên hà có nước tẩy sạch tội lỗi. Và kia, hiện rõ trước mắt chúng ta, là tịnh thất thanh nhã của Viśvāmitra.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights tīrtha-yātrā and sacred places as supports for dharma: holy rivers and sages’ hermitages are portrayed as purifying environments where one renews ethical resolve, learns from rṣi-traditions, and steadies the mind through contact with sanctified geography and exemplary ascetic life.
During the Pāṇḍavas’ forest journey, Lomaśa identifies a revered location for Yudhiṣṭhira: the divine, purifying river Kauśikī and the nearby beautiful hermitage of the sage Viśvāmitra, which is now visible to them.