Shloka 73

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

अन्तरहिते भगवति सानुगे यादवेश्वर । ऋषिराश्रममागम्य ममैतत्‌ प्रोक्ततानिह,यादवेश्वर! जब पार्षदोंसहित भगवान्‌ अन्तर्धान हो गये, तब ऋषिने मेरे आश्रमपर आकर यहाँ मुझसे ये सब बातें बतायीं

Transliteration

antarhite bhagavati sānuge yādaveśvara | ṛṣir āśramam āgamya mamaitat proktavān iha ||

Translation

يا ربَّ اليادافا، لما احتجب الربُّ المبارك عن الأبصار مع حاشيته، أتى الحكيمُ إلى صومعتي، وهنا قصَّ عليَّ جميع هذه الأمور. ويُبرز هذا المقطع أمانة نقل الوقائع المقدسة: فإذا غاب الإله عن الرؤية، كانت مسؤولية حفظ الحقّ وتبليغه على عاتق الرائين الموثوقين وعلى السماع المنضبط.

Word by Word

• अन्तरहिते: having disappeared / being withdrawn
• अन्तरहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तरहित
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भगवति: in the Blessed Lord
• भगवति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• सानुगे: together with followers/attendants
• सानुगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अनुग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• यादवेश्वर: O lord of the Yadavas
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव-ईश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ऋषिः: the sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आगम्य: having come (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), prior action (having gone/come)

• मम: to me / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: 1st, Genitive, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रोक्तवान्: told / said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्तवतुँ (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Bhagavān (Kṛṣṇa)
• Yādaveśvara (Kṛṣṇa as Lord of the Yādavas)
• Anuga (attendants/retinue)
• Ṛṣi (a sage)
• Āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When direct divine presence is no longer visible, dharma is preserved through reliable testimony: sages who have seen or learned the truth transmit it carefully, and listeners receive it with discipline. The verse highlights the ethical importance of faithful narration and lineage-based transmission.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Kṛṣṇa as Yādaveśvara and recounts that after the Lord vanished from sight along with His attendants, a sage came to Vāyudeva’s hermitage and reported all the relevant events to him.