Shloka 20
Tīrtha-yātrā: Prayāga-saṅgama and Gayaśiras—Rājarṣi Gaya’s Mahāyajña
ऋषय ऊचु: युधिष्ठिर यमौ भीम मनसा कुरुतार्जवम् | मनसा कृतशौचा वै शुद्धास्तीर्थानि यास्यथ,ऋषियोंने कहा--युधिष्ठिर! भीमसेन! नकुल! और सहदेव! तुमलोग तीथ्थोंके प्रति मनसे श्रद्धापूर्वक सरलभाव रखो। मनसे शुद्धिका सम्पादन करके शुद्धचित्त होकर तीथोॉमें जाओ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ—yudhiṣṭhira yamau bhīma manasā kurutārjavam | manasā kṛtaśaucā vai śuddhāstīrthāni yāsyatha ||
Các hiền giả nói: “Hỡi Yudhiṣṭhira, hỡi Bhīma, và hai người em song sinh—hãy giữ tâm ngay thẳng và chân thành, với lòng kính tín đối với các tīrtha linh thiêng. Sau khi tự thanh lọc từ bên trong bằng kỷ luật của tâm, hãy đến các tīrtha với trái tim trong sạch.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Pilgrimage is ethically meaningful only when grounded in inner purification: cultivate ārjava (straightforward sincerity) and mental śauca (inner cleanliness). The verse prioritizes the mind’s purity over mere outward travel to sacred places.
Sages address the Pāṇḍavas—Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, and the twins Nakula and Sahadeva—advising them on the proper inner attitude for visiting tīrthas: go with sincere, purified minds rather than treating pilgrimage as a merely external act.