Shloka 436
Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha
Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context
नान्वपश्यत लोकस्थमन्तर्हितमरिंदम । शत्रुओंका दमन करनेवाले नरेश! इसके बाद असितने मुनिवर जैगीषव्यको पुनः किसी लोकमें स्थित नहीं देखा। वे अदृश्य हो गये थे
na anvapaśyat lokastham antarhitam ariṃdama | śatrūṇāṃ damana-karṇe vāle nareśa! tataḥ param asitena munivaraṃ jaigīṣavyaṃ punaḥ kasyāṃcid api loke sthitaṃ na dṛṣṭam | te adṛśyā abhavan |
Vaiśampāyana said: “O king, subduer of enemies! After this, Asita did not see the eminent sage Jaigīṣavya established in any realm at all. He had vanished from sight—becoming invisible.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights the limits of ordinary perception and the ascetic ideal of withdrawal: a realized sage may become ‘antarhita’—no longer accessible to common sight—signifying detachment from worldly visibility and status.
Vaiśampāyana tells the king that after a certain event, Asita searched for the sage Jaigīṣavya but could not find him in any realm; Jaigīṣavya had disappeared and become invisible.