Shloka 403
Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage
प्रनृत्तमुभयं वीर तेजसा तस्य मोहितम् । वह शाकका रस देखकर मुनि हर्षके आवेशसे मतवाले हो नृत्य करने लगे। वीर! उनके नृत्यमें प्रवृत्त होते ही स्थावर और जंगम दोनों प्रकारके प्राणी उनके तेजसे मोहित होकर नाचने लगे
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: pranṛttam ubhayaṃ vīra tejasā tasya mohitam.
వీరా! అతడు నర్తనంలో ప్రవేశించిన వెంటనే, స్థావర-జంగమములైన ఉభయ ప్రాణులు అతని తేజస్సుతో మోహితులై తామూ నర్తించసాగారు.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the compelling force of tejas—radiant power or potency—which can overwhelm ordinary agency and draw even the wider world into imitation. Ethically, it cautions that great power influences others beyond intention, so it should be borne with restraint and awareness of its effects.
The narrator describes a figure beginning to dance; as soon as he does, his radiance bewilders ‘both’ categories of beings—immobile and mobile—so that they too start dancing, suggesting a marvel where nature itself responds to his potency.