Shloka 64
Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)
स मां निराकारमिव प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् | अकृतेयं तव प्रज्ञा ब्रह्मनू नातिसमञज्जसा,परंतु द्रपदने मुझे नीच मनुष्यके समान समझकर उपहास करते हुए इस प्रकार कहा --ब्राह्मण! तुम्हारी बुद्धि अत्यन्त असंगत एवं अशुद्ध है
sa māṁ nirākāram iva prahasann idam abravīt | akṛteyaṁ tava prajñā brahmanū nātisamañjasā ||
Smiling in derision, he addressed me as though I were a man of no standing and said: “O brāhmaṇa, your understanding is ill-formed—indeed, it is not at all coherent or fitting.” The line conveys contempt and the ethical fault of mocking a person by dismissing his discernment rather than engaging his words with respect.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights an ethical lapse: ridiculing someone and attacking their discernment (“your prajñā is ill-formed”) instead of responding with respectful, reasoned speech. It implicitly contrasts proper dialogue (samyak-vāk) with contemptuous dismissal.
In Vaiśampāyana’s narration, a speaker responds to the narrator/other party with derisive laughter, treating him as insignificant, and declares that the brāhmaṇa’s judgment is incoherent and improperly formed—setting a tone of insult and conflict in the exchange.