Shloka 73
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा स्वर्गलोके महीयते । भरतनन्दन! नरेश्वर! उस सरयूके गोप्रतारतीर्थमें स्नान करके मनुष्य श्रीरामचन्द्रजीकी कृपा और उद्योगसे सब पापोंसे शुद्ध होकर स्वर्गलोकमें सम्मानित होता है ।।
sarvapāpa-viśuddhātmā svargaloke mahīyate | bharatanandana nareśvara, sarayū-gopratāra-tīrthe snātvā manuṣyaḥ śrīrāmacandrajī-kṛpayā ca udyogena ca sarvapāpebhyaḥ śuddhaḥ san svargaloke sammānito bhavati || rāmātīrthe naraḥ snātvā gomatyāṃ kurunandana |
古拉斯提亚说道：“凡内在自性已从一切罪垢中净化者，必在天界受尊崇。噢，婆罗多之欢，噢，人中王：在萨罗由河的牛渡（Gopratāra）——罗摩的圣地（tīrtha）——沐浴之人，凭圣罗摩旃陀罗（Śrī Rāmacandra）的恩泽与自身的勤勉精进，得以洗尽诸罪，继而在天界受敬仰。噢，俱卢之欢，当人于戈摩提河的罗摩圣地沐浴时……”
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that moral purification is attainable through sacred bathing at a tīrtha associated with Rāma, and that the fruit (honor in heaven) arises from a combination of divine grace (kṛpā) and personal effort (udyoga), not from passivity alone.
Ghūlastya is describing the merit of specific pilgrimage sites—especially the Gopratāra ford on the Sarayū and a Rāma-associated tīrtha on the Gomati—telling the Kuru king/prince that bathing there cleanses sins and leads to heavenly honor.