Shloka 176

Devanagari script

वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्‍्त्वा सहस्रांशु: सहसान्तरधीयत । वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! ऐसा कहकर सूर्यदेव सहसा वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गये

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca evam uktvā sahasrāṃśuḥ sahasāntaradhīyata |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: Having spoken thus, Sahasrāṃśu (the Sun-god) suddenly vanished from that very place. The narration underscores the authority of a divine utterance—once the counsel or boon is delivered, the deity withdraws, leaving the human recipient to act responsibly upon what has been revealed.

Word by Word

• वैशम्पायनः: Vaiśampāyana
• वैशम्पायनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशम्पायन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), क्त्वा

• सहस्रांशुः: the Sun (lit. one with a thousand rays)
• सहस्रांशुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्रांशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहसा: suddenly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared, became hidden
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + धा
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sahasrāṃśu (Sūrya, the Sun-god)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine guidance is momentary but decisive: once the deity has spoken, the responsibility shifts to humans to uphold dharma through their own effort, using the counsel received.

What is happening in the narrative?

After delivering his words, the Sun-god (Sahasrāṃśu) abruptly vanishes; Vaiśampāyana reports this event as part of the ongoing account.