Shloka 104

युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya

Devanagari script

ततो राजगहं गच्छेत्‌ तीर्थसेवी नराधिप

Transliteration

tato rājagahaṃ gacchet tīrthasevī narādhipa, yakṣiṇyāstu prasādena mucyate brahmahatyayā

Translation

继而，王啊，奉行圣地之侍奉（tīrtha-sevā）的朝圣者当往王舍城（Rājagṛha）。蒙夜叉女神（Yakṣiṇī）之恩，他得脱离“梵杀罪”（brahmahatyā，即杀害婆罗门之罪）。此段以朝圣与在圣地恭敬奉行之仪为道德净化之途，强调重罪并非轻忽，而须以严谨的圣地奉事与神恩来对治。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय

• राजगृहम्: to Rajagriha (the city)
• राजगृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तीर्थसेवी: a pilgrim; one who frequents sacred fords
• तीर्थसेवी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थसेविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• यक्षिण्याः: of the Yakshini
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्षिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: अव्यय

• प्रसादेन: by (her) grace/favor
• प्रसादेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is released; becomes freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि (passive)

• ब्रह्महत्यया: from the sin of brahmin-slaying
• ब्रह्महत्यया: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्महत्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narādhipa (king, addressee)
• Rājagṛha
• Yakṣiṇī
• Brahmahatyā (sin of brahmin-slaying)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that even severe moral transgressions such as brahmahatyā are approached through structured dharmic remedies—tīrtha-sevā (disciplined pilgrimage and sacred observance) coupled with the transformative role of divine prasāda (grace).

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker instructs a king about a sequence in a pilgrimage itinerary: the pilgrim should proceed to Rājagṛha, where the Yakṣiṇī connected with that sacred place grants favor, resulting in release from the sin of brahmahatyā.