Shloka 17
Gāndhārī’s Petition for a Vision of the Departed (गान्धार्याः प्रार्थना—दिव्यदर्शनप्रसङ्गः)
Devanagari script
भीम पर्यप्रुहि भयादिति चैवाभिवाशती
Transliteration
bhīma paryapruhi bhayād iti caivābhivāśatī
Translation
ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ພີມະ, ຈົ່ງເວົ້າໃຫ້ໝົດ—ບອກຂ້າທຸກຢ່າງ»। ເມື່ອກ່າວດັ່ງນັ້ນ ນາງກໍຮ້ອງອອກດ້ວຍຄວາມຢ້ານ, ສຽງສັ່ນແຕກພາຍໃຕ້ນ້ຳໜັກແຫ່ງຄວາມຫວາດຫວັນແລະຄວາມບໍ່ແນ່ນອນ.
Word by Word
भीमO Bhima
भीम:
TypeNoun
Rootभीम
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पर्यप्रुहिask (fully), inquire
पर्यप्रुहि:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रुह् (प्रूह्/प्रुह्) with prefix परि
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
भयात्from fear, out of fear
भयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
इतिthus, saying
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अभिवाशतीshe cries out to / calls out to
अभिवाशती:
TypeVerb
Rootवाश् (वाś्) with prefix अभि
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraB
BhīmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even the most steadfast must seek clarity in crisis: dharma requires truthful, complete communication, especially when fear and grief threaten judgment.
In the tense atmosphere of the Āśramavāsika episode, Yudhiṣṭhira urgently presses Bhīma to report fully, while a woman nearby cries out in fear, signaling alarm and emotional upheaval.