Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कदर्थीकृत्य तद्‌ वाक्यमृषे: कण्वस्य दुर्मति: । ऊरुं गजकराकारं ताडयन्निदमब्रवीत्‌,उस दुर्बुद्धिने कण्व मुनिके वचनोंकी अवहेलना करके हाथीकी सूँड़के समान चढ़ाव- उतारवाली अपनी मोटी जाँघपर हाथ पीटकर इस प्रकार कहा--

Transliteration

kadarthīkṛtya tad vākyam ṛṣeḥ kaṇvasya durmatiḥ | ūruṁ gajakarākāraṁ tāḍayann idam abravīt |

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະເວົ້າວ່າ: ເມື່ອໄດ້ຫຍາບຄາຍດູຖູກຄໍາຂອງລະສີກັນວະແລ້ວ ຄົນໃຈຊົ່ວນັ້ນໄດ້ຕີຂາອ່ອນອັນໜາຂອງຕົນ—ຮູບຮ່າງຄ້າຍງວງຊ້າງ—ແລ້ວເວົ້າດັ່ງນີ້. ບົດນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນການຈົ່ງໃຈດູຖູກຄໍາຕັກເຕືອນຂອງຜູ້ຖືຕະປະ ແລະທ່າທີອວດອ້າງກ້າຮານ ທີ່ປະຕິເສດຄວາມສຳລວມແລະທຳມະ.

Word by Word

कदर्थीकृत्यhaving insulted / having treated with contempt

तत्that

वाक्यम्speech, statement

ऋषेःof the sage

कण्वस्यof Kaṇva

दुर्मतिःthe evil-minded one

ऊरुम्thigh

गजकराकारम्having the shape of an elephant’s trunk/hand

ताडयन्striking, beating

इदम्this

अब्रवीत्said, spoke

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kaṇva (ṛṣi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.