Shloka 31
Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration
पूर्णे शतसहस्त्रे तु विप्राणां परिविष्यताम् । स्थापिता तत्र संज्ञाभूच्छड्खो ध्मायति नित्यश:
pūrṇe śatasahasre tu viprāṇāṃ pariviṣyatām | sthāpitā tatra saṃjñābhūc chaṅkho dhmāyati nityaśaḥ ||
যখন এক লক্ষ ব্রাহ্মণকে ভোজন পরিবেশন সম্পূর্ণ হতো, তখন সেখানে একটি নির্দিষ্ট সংকেত স্থির ছিল; প্রতিদিন সেই সংখ্যা পূর্ণ হলেই জোরে শঙ্খধ্বনি করা হতো।
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how large-scale charity and hospitality can become institutionalized and publicly signaled; ethically, it invites reflection on intention—whether giving is rooted in dharma and compassion or in display, competition, and pride.
Duryodhana describes an arrangement where feeding Brahmins is conducted on a massive scale, and a conch is blown as a daily signal once the full quota of one hundred thousand has been served.