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Shloka 55

Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)

ननर्तोत्थाय कौरव्य हृष्टो बाल्याद्‌ विमोहित: । त॑ दृष्टवा नृत्यमानं तु बालै: परिवृतं सुतम्‌

nanartotthāya kauravya hṛṣṭo bālyād vimohitaḥ | taṁ dṛṣṭvā nṛtyamānaṁ tu bālaiḥ parivṛtaṁ sutam |

വൈശംപായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ കൗരവകുലശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! ബാല്യഭ്രമത്തിൽ മയങ്ങിയ അവൻ ആനന്ദത്തോടെ എഴുന്നേറ്റ് നൃത്തം ചെയ്തു. ബാലന്മാർ ചുറ്റിനിന്ന് നൃത്തം ചെയ്യുന്ന ആ പുത്രനെ പരിഹാസവിഷയമാക്കിയതു കണ്ടപ്പോൾ എന്റെ ഹൃദയം ഗാഢമായ വ്യഥയിൽ മുങ്ങി.

ननर्तdanced
ननर्त:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootनृत्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
उत्थायhaving risen
उत्थाय:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था
FormAbsolutive (ktvā/lyap), Active
कौरव्यO Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
कौरव्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकौरव्य
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
हृष्टःdelighted
हृष्टः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootहृष्ट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
बाल्यात्from childhood / due to childishness
बाल्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल्य
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
विमोहितःdeluded
विमोहितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-मोहित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta) from √मुह् with vi-
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormAbsolutive (ktvā), Active
नृत्यमानम्dancing
नृत्यमानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनृत्यत्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular, Present active participle (śatṛ) from √नृत्
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
बालैःby/with boys
बालैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
परिवृतम्surrounded
परिवृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरि-वृत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (kta) from √वृत् with pari-
सुतम्son
सुतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
K
Kauravya (Janamejaya as addressee)
S
suta (the son; contextually Aśvatthāman in the surrounding narrative)
B
bālāḥ (boys/children)

Educational Q&A

The passage highlights the ethical pain caused by poverty and social ridicule: a child’s innocent delusion becomes a public mockery, and the parent’s anguish exposes how society’s contempt can wound dignity and compassion.

A child, confused by childish innocence, rises and dances in delight while other boys surround him and make him a spectacle. The observer (in context, the father) feels intense distress on seeing his son mocked.