Shloka 76
युधिष्ठिरस्य अर्जुनप्रेषण-युक्तिवर्णनम् | Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rationale for Sending Arjuna and Request to Dhaumya
भरतकुलभूषण! वहीं शतसाहस्रकतीर्थ है। उसमें स्नान करके नियमपालनपूर्वक नियमित भोजन करते हुए मनुष्य सहस्र गोदानका पुण्यफल प्राप्त करता है ।।
bharatakula-bhūṣaṇa! vahāṁ śata-sāhasraka-tīrthaḥ. tatra snātvā niyama-pālana-pūrvakaṁ niyamita-bhojanaṁ kurvan manuṣyaḥ sahasra-go-dānasya puṇya-phalaṁ prāpnoti. tato gacchet rājendra bhartṛ-sthānam anuttamam. aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṁ prāpnoti mānavaḥ.
噢，婆罗多族的光饰！彼处有一处名为“十万圣渡”（Śata-sāhasraka）的神圣渡口。人在那里沐浴之后，守持戒律，克制身心，按规制节食，便可获得等同于施舍千头牛的功德。由此，噢，诸王之最，当前往无与伦比的“婆特利之地”（Bhartṛ-sthāna）；凡至彼处者，即得马祭（Aśvamedha）之果报。
घुलस्त्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Sacred places yield their promised merit when approached with ethical discipline: bathing (external purity) is paired with niyama—restraint, observances, and regulated eating (internal discipline). The verse links pilgrimage to moral self-governance rather than mere travel.
A speaker guides a king (addressed as ‘ornament of the Bharatas’ and ‘best of kings’) through a sequence of tīrthas: first Śata-sāhasraka, where bathing and disciplined living grant the merit of a thousand cow-gifts, and then Bhartṛ-sthāna, whose visit grants the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice.