Shloka 150
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
यत्र स्नात्वा कृतार्थो5स्मीत्यात्मानमवगच्छति । षष्ठकालोपवासेन मुच्यते ब्रह्म॒हत्यया,उसमें स्नान करके मनुष्य अपने-आपको कृतार्थ मानने लगता है। वहाँ रहकर छठे समय उपवास करनेसे मनुष्य ब्रह्महत्यासे छुटकारा पा जाता है
yatra snātvā kṛtārtho ’smīty ātmānam avagacchati | ṣaṣṭha-kālopavāsena mucyate brahmahatyayā ||
Tại thánh địa ấy, sau khi tắm gội, người ta tự nhận biết trong lòng: “Ta đã đạt được mục đích.” Nếu lưu lại đó và giữ kỳ trai giới vào “thời thứ sáu” theo nghi định, thì ngay cả tội trọng brahma-hatyā (sát hại một brāhmaṇa) cũng được giải trừ.
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that sacred bathing (snāna) combined with disciplined fasting (upavāsa) at a prescribed time functions as a powerful act of purification, capable of removing even extremely grave moral taints such as brahma-hatyā, emphasizing the ethical force of repentance and regulated religious practice.
A speaker is describing the spiritual efficacy of a particular holy place: bathing there brings a sense of fulfilled purpose, and observing the specified fast while staying there is said to grant release from severe sin, as part of a broader tirtha-māhātmya (praise of pilgrimage sites) discourse in the Vana Parva.