Shloka 39
दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya
सोहहं श्रियं च तां दृष्टवा सभां तां च तथाविधाम् | रक्षिभिश्षावहासं तं॑ परितप्ये यथाग्निना
so 'haṁ śriyaṁ ca tāṁ dṛṣṭvā sabhāṁ tāṁ ca tathāvidhām | rakṣibhiś cāvahāsaṁ taṁ paritapye yathāgninā ||
«حين رأيتُ ذلك البهاءَ الملكي وتلك القاعةَ العجيبة، وتذكّرتُ سخريةَ الحرس مني، ظللتُ محترقًا في داخلي على الدوام—كأنني أُلقى في النار.»
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked envy and wounded pride become self-consuming suffering and can drive one toward unethical choices; inner torment arises not from others’ prosperity but from one’s own attachment to status and honor.
Duryodhana reflects on the dazzling royal prosperity and extraordinary assembly-hall he has witnessed, and on the ridicule he faced from the guards there; the memory burns him inwardly, revealing the resentment that will fuel further hostility.