Shloka 57
Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)
पिष्टोदक॑ सुतो यस्य पीत्वा क्षीरस्य तृष्णया । नृत्यति सम मुदाविष्ट: क्षीरं पीत॑ मयाप्युत
piṣṭodaka-suto yasya pītvā kṣīrasya tṛṣṇayā | nṛtyati sa mudāviṣṭaḥ kṣīraṃ pītaṃ mayāpy uta ||
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—‘যার পুত্র যেন “পিষ্টোদক-সুত”, সে তৃষ্ণায় দুধ পান করেছে ভেবে উল্লাসে নাচে, আর বলে—“আমিও দুধ পান করেছি!”’
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse uses a vivid metaphor to show how intense longing (thirst) makes even a simple satisfaction (drinking milk) produce exuberant joy; it also hints that true relish depends on inner readiness and need, not merely on the object obtained.
The narrator Vaiśampāyana employs a simile about someone rejoicing after drinking milk when thirsty, and then applies it to himself—saying that he too has ‘drunk the milk,’ i.e., he has partaken of and been delighted by what has just been recounted or received.