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हि न () है >> >> एकचत्वारिशो< ध्याय: अर्जुनके पास दिक्पालोंका आगमन एवं उन्हें दिव्यास्त्र- प्रदान तथा इन्द्रका उन्हें स्वर्गमें चलनेका आदेश देना वैशम्पायन उवाच तस्य सम्पश्यतस्त्वेव पिनाकी वृषभध्वज: । जगामादर्शन॑ भानुलोंकस्येवास्तमीयिवान्,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! अर्जुनके देखते-देखते पिनाकधारी भगवान् वृषभध्वज अदृश्य हो गये, मानो भुवनभास्कर भगवान् सूर्य अस्त हो गये हों
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tasya sampaśyatas tv eva pinākī vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | jagāmādarśanaṁ bhānulokasyevāstam īyivān ||
Vaiśampāyana said: O King Janamejaya, as Arjuna still watched, the Pināka-bearing Lord, whose banner bears the bull, vanished from sight—like the radiant sun sinking to its setting.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Divine encounters are gifts, not possessions: the deity may appear and withdraw, and the seeker’s dharma is to remain steady—continuing disciplined action with reverence and non-attachment to extraordinary experiences.
After being seen by Arjuna, Śiva—identified by the epithets ‘Pināka-bearer’ and ‘bull-bannered’—suddenly becomes invisible, compared poetically to the sun setting, marking a transition to the next phase of Arjuna’s divinely guided quest.