Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

तिष्ठत्सु मन्त्रपूतेषु तस्याग्निषु महावने

Transliteration

tiṣṭhatsu mantrapūteṣu tasyāgniṣu mahāvane

Translation

उस महान वन में, जब उसके मन्त्रों से पवित्र किए हुए अग्नि-स्थापनाएँ वहीं स्थित थीं…

Word by Word

• तिष्ठत्सु: while (they) were standing / being present
• तिष्ठत्सु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिष्ठत् (स्था धातु, शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• मन्त्रपूतेषु: purified by mantras
• मन्त्रपूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्रपूत (मन्त्र + पूत)
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him / his
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अग्निषु: in the fires
• अग्निषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• महावने: in the great forest
• महावने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महावन (महत् + वन)
• Form: नपुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Agni (sacrificial fires)
• mahāvana (great forest)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line foregrounds the sanctifying power of mantra and the disciplined maintenance of sacred fire, suggesting that dharma in the forest-ascetic setting is upheld through consecrated ritual action and reverent speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira begins describing a scene in the great forest where consecrated fires are present—setting the ritual and ascetic atmosphere for the events he is recounting.