कथमभ्याहतो लोकः केन वा परिवारितः । अमोघाः काः पतन्तीह किं नु भीषयसीव माम् ॥
kathamabhyāhato lokaḥ kena vā parivāritaḥ | amoghāḥ kāḥ patantīha kiṃ nu bhīṣayasīva mām ||
How is the world struck, and by what is it surrounded? What are these unfailing things that fall here? Why do you seem to be trying to frighten me?
संसार किससे चोट खा रहा है, किससे घिरा है? यहाँ कौन सी अचूक चीज़ें गिर रही हैं? तुम मुझे डराते से क्यों हो?
Meaning today and contextआज के लिए अर्थ और संदर्भ
The father's puzzled reply is honest: we often do not see what is obvious once it is pointed out.
पिता का उलझा हुआ उत्तर ईमानदार है: जो बात बताने पर स्पष्ट लगती है, उसे हम अक्सर स्वयं नहीं देखते।
Mahabharata 12.169.8: The father, puzzled, asks the son what he means: struck by what, surrounded by what, and what is falling? Why is he frightening him?