Shloka 4
अदृष्टपूर्व: पुरुषो रविर्यथा वितर्कयन् नास्थ लभामि निश्चयम् । तथास्य चित्त हापि संवितर्कयन् नरर्षभस्यास्य न यामि तत्त्वत:,“आजसे पहले कभी इसका दर्शन नहीं हुआ है। यह वीर पुरुष सूर्यके समान तेजस्वी है। मैं बहुत सोच-विचारकर भी इसके विषयमें किसी निश्चयपर नहीं पहुँच पाता। यहाँ आनेमें इस श्रेष्ठ पुरुषका आन्तरिक अभिप्राय क्या है? इसपर भी मैंने बहुत तर्क-वितर्क किया है; परंतु किसी वास्तविक परिणामतक नहीं पहुँच पा रहा हूँ
adṛṣṭapūrvaḥ puruṣo ravir yathā vitarkayan nāsya labhāmi niścayam | tathāsya cittam api saṁvitarkayan nararṣabhasyāsya na yāmi tattvataḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “This man has never been seen by me before; he blazes like the sun. Though I reflect again and again, I cannot arrive at any certainty about him. Even after pondering his intention in coming here—the inner purpose of this bull among men—I still cannot grasp the truth of it as it really is.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the limits of inference: even sustained reasoning may fail when a person’s true nature or intention is concealed. It implicitly values careful discernment and restraint in judgment when certainty is not attainable.
The speaker describes encountering an unfamiliar, radiant hero and admits that despite repeated deliberation he cannot determine who the man truly is or what his inner purpose is in coming—building suspense around a concealed identity and motive.