Shloka 14

Gāndhārī’s Petition for a Vision of the Departed (गान्धार्याः प्रार्थना—दिव्यदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)

Devanagari script

तथा तपस्विनस्तस्य राजर्षे: कौरवस्य ह

Transliteration

tathā tapasvinastasya rājarṣeḥ kauravasya ha

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “So it was with that ascetic royal sage of the Kuru line as well.”

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तपस्विनः: ascetics
• तपस्विनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him; his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• राजर्षेः: of the royal sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कौरवस्य: of the Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: कौरव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• ह: indeed; surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• a Kaurava/Kuru royal sage (rājarṣi)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ideal of the rājarṣi—one who unites royal responsibility with ascetic discipline—implying that true authority is grounded in tapas (self-restraint) and dharma rather than mere power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira, speaking in the Āśramavāsika context, refers to a Kuru royal sage who is an ascetic, using him as a point of comparison (“thus indeed”) to reinforce a preceding description or example.