Shloka 40
Kapālamocana-tīrtha (Auśanasa) and Balarāma’s Sarasvatī Pilgrimage
स वै शाकरसं दृष्टवा हर्षाविष्ट: प्रनृत्तवान् । ततस्तस्मिन् प्रनृत्ते वै स्थावरं जड़मं च यत्
sa vai śākarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣāviṣṭaḥ pranṛttavān | tatas tasmin pranṛtte vai sthāvaraṃ jaḍamaṃ ca yat
他见那甘甜如糖的精汁，喜悦顿时充满心间，便起舞而行。及至他舞动之时，连周遭一切静止迟钝之物，仿佛也被撼动——那欢喜之力竟如此感染万有。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how powerful emotion—especially joy—can overflow into action and influence the surrounding world, suggesting that inner states can become outwardly transformative and contagious.
The narrator says that upon seeing a sweet ‘sugar-like essence,’ a person becomes ecstatic and starts dancing; the description intensifies to say that even what is normally immovable and inert appears affected when he dances.