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Shloka 44

तान्‌ वयं प्रतिनृत्याम: पुनर्गौरिति गौरिति । “जो लोग उस दिन कौरवसभामें हमें 'बैल बैल' कहकर खुशीके मारे नाच उठते थे, उन सबको आज बारंबार “बैल-बैल' कहते हुए हम भी प्रसन्नतापूर्वक नृत्य कर रहे हैं ।।

tān vayaṁ pratinṛtyāmaḥ punar gaur iti gaur iti |

قال سَنْجَايَا: «ونحن الآن نرقص ردًّا عليهم، ونصرخ مرارًا: “ثور! ثور!” سخريةً من أولئك الرجال أنفسهم الذين ابتهجوا ورقصوا يومئذٍ في مجلس الكورافا وهم يهينوننا بالشتيمة ذاتها».

तान्those (men)
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
वयम्we
वयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Plural
प्रतिनृत्यामःwe dance in return / we dance back
प्रतिनृत्यामः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-नृत्
FormPresent, Indicative, First, Plural, Parasmaipada
पुनःagain, repeatedly
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
गौरिति"ox"—thus (saying)
गौरिति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगौः + इति
गौरिति"ox"—thus (saying)
गौरिति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगौः + इति

संजय उवाच

S
Sanjaya
K
Kaurava assembly (Kaurava-sabhā)
K
Kauravas (implied)

Educational Q&A

The verse underscores how ridicule and cruelty in speech rebound in times of reversal: those who once celebrated another’s humiliation become targets of the same taunt. It cautions that triumph expressed through derision perpetuates hostility and moral decline.

Sanjaya reports a moment of retaliatory celebration: the side speaking now repeats the old insult ‘Ox! Ox!’ and dances, mirroring how the Kauravas once rejoiced in the assembly while mocking them.