Shloka 14

Devanagari script

उत्तर उवाच अन्तर्धानं गतस्तत्र देवपुत्रो महाबलः । सतु श्वो वा परश्चो वा मन्ये प्रादुर्भविष्यति,उत्तरने कहा-पिताजी! वह महाबली देवपुत्र वहीं अन्तर्धान हो गया; किंतु मेरा विश्वास है कि वह कल या परसों यहाँ फिर प्रकट होगा

Transliteration

Uttara uvāca: antardhānaṁ gatastatra devaputro mahābalaḥ | sa tu śvo vā paraśco vā manye prādurbhaviṣyati ||

Translation

اُتّرا نے کہا—ابّا جان! وہ نہایت زورآور دیوتا کا بیٹا وہیں نظروں سے اوجھل ہو گیا؛ مگر مجھے یقین ہے کہ وہ کل یا پرسوں پھر یہاں ظاہر ہوگا۔

Word by Word

उत्तरःUttara

उवाचsaid

अन्तर्धानम्disappearance; concealment

गतःgone; having gone

तत्रthere

देवपुत्रःson of a god; divine youth

महाबलःvery strong; mighty

सःhe

तुbut; however

श्वःtomorrow

वाor

परश्वःthe day after tomorrow

वाor

मन्येI think; I believe

प्रादुर्भविष्यतिwill appear; will manifest

Speaker

उत्तर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Uttara

devaputra (a divine-born figure, unnamed in this verse)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights trust in divine agency and the idea that what withdraws from perception is not necessarily absent; it may reappear when the time is ripe. Ethically, it reflects steadiness of mind and hopeful confidence rather than panic in uncertain circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Uttara reports that a mighty, divine-born figure has vanished from sight at that place, but he expects the figure to appear again soon—tomorrow or the day after—indicating a temporary disappearance rather than a final departure.