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

వైశంపాయనుడు అన్నాడు—“జనమేజయా! ఇలా చెప్పి సహస్రాంశుడు (సూర్యదేవుడు) ఆ క్షణమే అక్కడే అంతర్ధానమయ్యాడు.”

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.