Shloka 39
Udyoga Parva, Adhyaya 104: Nārada on Suhṛt and Nirbandha; the Viśvāmitra–Gālava Exemplum Begins
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--
kadarthīkṛtya tad vākyam ṛṣeḥ kaṇvasya durmatiḥ | ūruṁ gajakarākāraṁ tāḍayann idam abravīt |
毗湿摩波耶那说道：那心术不正之人轻蔑地贬损迦ṇ婆仙人的话语，拍击自己粗壮的大腿——起伏如象鼻——并如此说道。此偈凸显他蓄意侮辱苦行者的劝诫，以夸矜与凶悍的姿态拒绝克制与达摩。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.