Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां तोयकलशान्‌ जगहुस्ते स्वयं तदा । पाण्डवा लब्धसंज्ञास्ते मात्रा चाश्वासिता: पुन:,इसके बाद मातासे बार-बार सान्त्वना पाकर जब पाण्डव कुछ स्वस्थ एवं सचेत हुए तब उन्होंने उन सबके हाथसे जलके भरे हुए कलश स्वयं ले लिये

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ toyakalaśān jaguhus te svayaṃ tadā | pāṇḍavā labdhasaṃjñās te mātrā cāśvāsitāḥ punaḥ ||

Translation

వైశంపాయనుడు చెప్పెను—ఆపై తల్లి పదేపదే సాంత్వన చెప్పుటవలన పాండవులు స్థిరచిత్తులై, ఆ సమయంలో అందరి చేతులలో ఉన్న నీటితో నిండిన కలశములను తామే స్వయంగా తీసుకున్నారు।

Word by Word

सर्वेषाम्of all

तोय-कलशान्water-pots (pots filled with water)

जगहुःthey took/received

तेthey

स्वयम्themselves

तदाthen

पाण्डवाःthe Pandavas

लब्ध-संज्ञाःhaving regained consciousness

तेthey

मात्राby (their) mother

चand

आश्वासिताःcomforted/reassured

पुनःagain

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Pāṇḍavas

Mother (Kuntī, implied)

Water-pitchers (toyakalaśa)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid sorrow and shock, one should return to dharma through steadiness and responsibility; a mother’s compassionate reassurance helps restore self-control so that necessary duties—especially ritual and care for others—can be carried out.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being repeatedly consoled by their mother and regaining awareness, the Pāṇḍavas personally take the water-filled pitchers from others, indicating they are ready again to proceed with the required rites and actions.