Shloka 50

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा स तदा पुत्र तत्रैवान्तरधीयत । तस्मिन्नन्तर्हिते चाहमुपांशुव्रतमाचरम्‌

Transliteration

ity uktvā sa tadā putra tatraivāntaradhīyata | tasminn antarhite cāham upāṃśu-vratam ācaram ||

Translation

ଏପରି କହି, ପୁତ୍ର, ସେ ସେଠାରେଇ ଅନ୍ତର୍ଧାନ ହେଲେ। ତାଙ୍କ ଅଦୃଶ୍ୟ ହେବା ପରେ ମୁଁ ଉପାଂଶୁ-ବ୍ରତ ଆଚରଣ କଲି।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, having said

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• पुत्र: O son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared/vanished
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + धा
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), आत्मनेपद, third, singular

• तस्मिन्: when/while he (was) in that (state)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• अन्तर्हिते: having disappeared/hidden
• अन्तर्हिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्हित
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), masculine/neuter, locative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• उपांशु-व्रतम्: the vow of (reciting) in a low voice/whispering vow
• उपांशु-व्रतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपांशु + व्रत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आचरम्: I practiced/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, first, singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vayudeva (Wind-god)
• putra (addressed son)
• upāṃśu-vrata (vow of murmured/inward recitation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined restraint after receiving instruction: when the teacher or divine presence withdraws, one should internalize the teaching through a vow—here, upāṃśu-vrata—emphasizing quiet self-control and sustained practice rather than outward display.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva says that after someone finished speaking, that figure vanished on the spot. In response to this disappearance, Vāyudeva himself undertook an observance called upāṃśu-vrata, a practice associated with subdued or inward recitation and austerity.