Shloka 140

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

Devanagari script

ते यान्ति नरशार्दूल शक्रलोकमनामयम्‌ । तत्राश्रमो वसिष्ठस्य त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुत:

Transliteration

te yānti naraśārdūla śakralokam anāmayam | tatrāśramo vasiṣṭhasya triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ ||

Translation

“噫，人中猛虎啊！他们将至释迦罗之界，安泰无病。彼处有婆悉吒之精舍，名闻三界。”

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• यान्ति: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गत्यर्थक धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नरशार्दूल: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun (vocative address)
• Root: नरशार्दूल
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शक्रलोकम्: to the world of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रलोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्रलोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनामयम्: free from disease/sorrow
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनामय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आश्रमः: hermitage
• आश्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसिष्ठस्य: of Vasiṣṭha
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: वसिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Numeral/Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• विश्रुतः: renowned
• Type: Adjective (past passive participle)
• Root: विश्रुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

घुलस्त्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Śakraloka (Indra’s heaven)
• Vasiṣṭha
• Vasiṣṭhāśrama (hermitage of Vasiṣṭha)
• Niścīrā (river, implied by the surrounding passage)
• Niścīrā-saṅgama (confluence, implied by the surrounding passage)
• Viṣṇuloka (Vishnu’s world, mentioned in the Hindi gloss)
• Aśvamedha-yajña (horse-sacrifice, mentioned in the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Pilgrimage to sacred places and charitable giving are presented as powerful dharmic acts that purify the doer and yield exalted results—freedom from suffering and attainment of higher worlds—while honoring the sanctity of sages and their āśramas.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker describes the spiritual outcome of visiting a particular tīrtha (connected with the Niścīrā confluence) and points to the celebrated hermitage of the sage Vasiṣṭha there, stating that meritorious pilgrims attain Indra’s world, free from disease and grief.