Shloka 23

Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)

Devanagari script

अन्तर्धानगतिज्ञं च श्रुत्वा तत्त्वेन काश्यप: | तथैवान्तरहिति: सिद्धेर्यान्तं चक्रधरै: सह

Transliteration

antardhānagatijñaṃ ca śrutvā tattvena kāśyapaḥ | tathaivāntarahitiḥ siddher yāntaṃ cakradharaiḥ saha

Translation

迦叶波如实听闻那位通晓“隐没之途”（众生如何从视野中消失）者的事迹后，也同样证得使身形不可见的成就之力，并与“执轮者”一同出行——即与苏达尔沙那（Sudarśana）神轮相应的天界随从。

Word by Word

• अन्तर्धानगति-ज्ञम्: knowing the mode of disappearance
• अन्तर्धानगति-ज्ञम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्धानगति-ज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• तत्त्वेन: in truth / truly
• तत्त्वेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• काश्यपः: Kāśyapa
• काश्यपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: thus / in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

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

• अन्तर्हितिः: disappearance / concealment
• अन्तर्हितिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्हिति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सिद्धेः: from (his) accomplishment/perfection
• सिद्धेः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Ablative, Singular

• यान्तम्: going / proceeding
• यान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• चक्रधरैः: with the discus-bearers
• चक्रधरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रधर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कश्यप (Kāśyapa)
• चक्रधर (cakradhara, discus-bearers)
• चक्र (cakra/discus)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights that true knowledge (tattvena śrutvā) can lead to mastery: when a sage understands a principle correctly, it may culminate in siddhi—here, the power of concealment (antarahiti/antardhāna). Ethically, it implies that extraordinary capacities are portrayed as outcomes of disciplined insight rather than mere display.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin narrator states that Kāśyapa, upon hearing the true account of the method/knowledge of disappearance, attained the siddhi of invisibility and then proceeded along with the cakradharas (discus-bearing divine figures/attendants).