Shloka 106

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

Devanagari script

अभिगम्य नरश्रेष्ठ स्वर्गलोके महीयते । भारत! पुरुषरत्न! सुगन्धा

Transliteration

abhigamya naraśreṣṭha svargaloke mahīyate | bhārata! puruṣaratna! sugandhā śatakumbhā tathā pañcayajñā tīrthaṁ gatvā mānavaḥ svargaloke pratiṣṭhito bhavati | maṇināgaṁ tato gatvā gosahasraphalaṁ labhet ||

Translation

噢，人中至杰者！趋近这些神圣渡口者，必在天界受尊崇。噢，婆罗多啊，人中之宝！前往名为苏甘达（Sugandhā）、沙塔库姆巴（Śatakumbhā）与潘恰耶祭那（Pañcayajñā）之诸圣地，便能在天界稳固安立。其后再赴摩尼那伽（Maṇināga）圣地，朝圣者所得功德，等同施舍千头牛之福报。

Word by Word

• अभिगम्य: having gone to / having approached
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• नरश्रेष्ठ: O best of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वर्गलोके: in the world of heaven
• स्वर्गलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्गलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored / is glorified
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Singular

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पुरुषरत्न: O jewel among men
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुषरत्न
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मणिनागम्: Maṇināga (name of a nāga/holy place)
• मणिनागम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिनाग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then / thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• गोसहस्रफलम्: the merit/result of (donating) a thousand cows
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोसहस्रफल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• लभेत्: would obtain / may obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-liṅ), Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata (addressee)
• Sugandhā tīrtha
• Śatakumbhā tīrtha
• Pañcayajñā tīrtha
• Maṇināga tīrtha
• Svargaloka (heaven)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that reverent pilgrimage to recognized tīrthas, undertaken with faith and discipline, is a dharmic act that yields great puṇya—described here as honor in heaven and merit comparable to major gifts (such as donating a thousand cows).

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a Bharata prince, listing specific pilgrimage sites (Sugandhā, Śatakumbhā, Pañcayajñā, and then Maṇināga) and stating the spiritual rewards gained by visiting them in sequence.