[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › 3.82.87 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 3.82.87 Mahābhārata 3.82.87 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.82.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.82.87) tato gaccheta rājendra dharmapṛṣṭhaṃ samāhitaḥ | yatra dharmo mahārāja nityamāste yudhiṣṭhira | abhigamya tatastatra vājimedhaphalaṃ labhet || 87 || > O king, one should repair then, with subdued soul, to Dharmaprishta. There, O foremost of warriors, dwelleth Dharma for aye. Drinking of the water of a well which is there, and purifying one's self by a bath, he that offereth oblations to the gods and the Pitris is cleansed of all his sins and ascendeth to heaven. There in that tirtha is the hermitage of the great Rishi Matanga of soul under complete control. By entering that beautiful asylum capable of soothing fatigue and sorrow, one earneth the merit of the Gavayana sacrifice, and by touching (the image of) Dharma which is there, one obtaineth the fruit of the horse-sacrifice. One should next go, O king, to the excellent tirtha called Brahmasthana. Approaching Brahma, that bull among male beings, who is there, one acquireth, O mighty monarch, the merit of the Rajasuya and horse-sacrifices. The pilgrim should then repair to Rajasuya, O king of men! Bathing there, one liveth (in heaven) as happily as (the Rishi) Kakshiyan. After purifying himself, one should partake there of the offerings daily made unto the Yakshini. By this, one is freed from the sin of even slaying a Brahmana, through the Yakshini's grace. Proceeding next to Maninaga, one obtains the merit of giving away a thousand kine. O Bharata, he that eateth anything relating to the tirtha of Maninaga, if bitten by a venomous snake, doth not succumb to its poison. Residing there for one night, one is cleansed of one's sins. > — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa - [Previous: 3.82.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.82.86) - [Next: 3.82.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.82.88) - [Up: 3.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.82) ## Translations (1) - [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa~en-ganguli.3.84.1.11) — Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, English ## Other recensions (2) - [Southern recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*southern.3.82.98) — Sanskrit - [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.3.84.99) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Smṛticandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrticandrika.9.p42) — Devaṇṇabhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.82.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.3.82.87) · Pramāṇa