Shloka 12

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

तण्डिस्वाच पवित्राणां पवित्रस्त्वं गतिर्गतिमतां वर

Transliteration

taṇḍisvāca pavitrāṇāṃ pavitrastvaṃ gatirgatimatāṃ vara

Translation

Taṇḍi sprach: „O Bester unter den Wesen, die sich bewegen: Du selbst bist der Läuterer alles Reinen und die höchste Zuflucht und der erhabenste Weg für jene, die den rechten Pfad suchen.“

Word by Word

• तण्डि: O Taṇḍi
• तण्डि: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्व: O own/dear (one)
• स्व: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पवित्राणाम्: of the purifiers / of the sacred things
• पवित्राणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• पवित्रः: purifier; most pure
• पवित्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पवित्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिः: refuge; course; goal
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गतिमताम्: of those who have a course/goal; of the purposeful
• गतिमताम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गतिमत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• वर: O best/excellent one
• वर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Taṇḍi
• Vāyudeva

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames Vāyu as a supreme purifier and guiding refuge, implying that true purity and right direction are grounded in alignment with a higher sustaining principle rather than mere external ritual.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker identified as Taṇḍi offers a reverential address, praising Vāyudeva as the highest purifier and the guiding ‘gati’ (way/refuge) for beings who are in motion or striving—setting a devotional and ethical tone within the discourse.