Shloka 64
Vāraṇāvata-prasaṃsā and the Pāṇḍavas’ Departure (वरणावत-प्रशंसा तथा पाण्डव-प्रयाणम्)
स मां निराकारमिव प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् | अकृतेयं तव प्रज्ञा ब्रह्मनू नातिसमञज्जसा
sa māṁ nirākāram iva prahasann idam abravīt | akṛteyaṁ tava prajñā brahmanū nātisamañjasā ||
แต่เขากลับมองข้าพเจ้าประหนึ่งไร้ฐานะ แล้วหัวเราะเยาะพลางกล่าวว่า “พราหมณ์เอ๋ย ปัญญาของท่านบิดเบี้ยว ไม่สอดคล้อง ไม่เหมาะสมเอาเสียเลย”
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.