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

ਉਸ ਮਹਾਵਨ ਵਿੱਚ, ਜਦੋਂ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਮੰਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕੀਤੇ ਅਗਨੀ ਉੱਥੇ ਸਥਾਪਿਤ ਖੜੇ ਸਨ…

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.