Shloka 97

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

प्रादुर्भावं गमिष्यामि तदा$5त्मज्ञानदैशिक: । एवमुक्त्वा हयशिरास्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत,तुमपर यह भार रखकर मैं अनायास ही धैर्य धारण करूँगा। जब कभी तुम्हारे लिये देवताओंका कार्य असहा हो जायगा, तब मैं आत्मज्ञानका उपदेश देनेके लिये तुम्हारे सामने प्रकट हो जाऊँगा। ऐसा कहकर भगवान्‌ हयग्रीव वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गये

Transliteration

prādurbhāvaṁ gamiṣyāmi tadātmjñāna-daiśikaḥ | evam uktvā hayaśirās tatraivāntaradhīyata ||

Translation

قال فياسا: «عندئذٍ سأظهر أمامك مُرشدًا روحيًّا يهب معرفة الذات.» ولما قال ذلك، توارى هاياگريفا—الربّ ذو رأس الفرس—في الموضع نفسه.

Word by Word

• {'prādurbhāvam': 'manifestation

• appearing openly', 'gamiṣyāmi': 'I shall go/come

• I shall proceed (future, 1st person singular)', 'tadā': 'then

• at that time', 'ātma-jñāna': 'knowledge of the Self

• inner realization', 'daiśikaḥ': 'spiritual teacher

• preceptor (one who gives instruction)', 'evam': 'thus', 'uktvā': 'having said', 'haya-śirāḥ (Hayagrīva)': 'the horse-headed one

• Hayagrīva, a divine form associated with sacred knowledge', 'tatra eva': 'right there

• in that very place', 'antaradhīyata': 'disappeared

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Hayagrīva (Hayaśirāḥ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When duties and divine tasks become overwhelming, the remedy is not mere force but right understanding: guidance grounded in ātma-jñāna (self-knowledge) arrives to stabilize the mind and enable dharmic action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Hayagrīva promises to manifest in the future as a teacher of self-knowledge when needed, and after giving this assurance he disappears on the spot; Vyāsa reports this speech.