Shloka 39
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
कदर्थीकृत्य तद् वाक्यमृषे: कण्वस्य दुर्मति: । ऊरुं गजकराकारं ताडयन्निदमब्रवीत्
kadarthīkṛtya tad vākyam ṛṣeḥ kaṇvasya durmatiḥ | ūruṁ gajakarākāraṁ tāḍayann idam abravīt |
قال ڤايشَمبايَنة: بعدما ازدرى باحتقارٍ كلامَ الحكيم كَنڤا، ضرب ذلك السيّئُ النية فخذَه الغليظ—المتموّج كخرطوم الفيل—ثم قال على النحو الآتي. وتُبرز الآية إهانةً متعمّدة لنصح الزهّاد، وموقفًا متبجّحًا عدوانيًّا يرفض الكفَّ وضبط النفس والدَّرما.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Contempt for a sage’s counsel signals moral decline: rejecting disciplined guidance and displaying boastful aggression are markers of adharma that lead to harmful consequences.
The narrator describes an evil-minded figure who dismisses Ṛṣi Kaṇva’s words, theatrically slaps his own heavy thigh, and then begins to speak—an action that conveys intimidation, pride, and defiance of righteous admonition.