Shloka 15
दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya
अप्रह्ृष्टेन मनसा राजसूये महाक्रतौ । प्रेक्ष्य तामद्भुतामृद्धि जगाम गजसाह्दयम्
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: aprahṛṣṭena manasā rājasūye mahākratau | prekṣya tām adbhutām ṛddhiṁ jagāma gajasāhṛdayam, rājan |
قال فَيْشَمْبايَنَة: وبقلبٍ لا يعرف الفرح، في القربان العظيم للرّاجَسُويَة، إن دُريودَهَنَة—بعد أن عاين تلك الثروة العجيبة—مضى إلى هَسْتِينابُورَة، يا أيها الملك، وقلبه مثقل بالحسد والمهانة.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how envy and wounded pride arise from comparing oneself with others’ success; such inner agitation undermines ethical judgment and inclines a ruler away from dharma.
During Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya, Duryodhana sees the extraordinary prosperity and splendor of the Pāṇḍavas; feeling displeased and burdened at heart, he leaves and goes back toward Hastināpura.