Shloka 396
Adhyāya 52 (Sabhā-parva): Vidura Invites Yudhiṣṭhira to Hastināpura for the Dice Match
पर्यस्त इव लोको<यं युधिष्ठटिरनिवेशने । अनेक देशोंमें उत्पन्न और विभिन्न जातिके लोगोंके आगमनसे युधिष्ठिरके यज्ञमण्डपमें मानो यह सम्पूर्ण लोक ही एकत्र हुआ जान पड़ता था
paryasta iva loko 'yaṃ yudhiṣṭhirāniveśane | aneka-deśeṣu utpanna-janānāṃ nānā-jāti-janasya ca āgamanāt yudhiṣṭhirasya yajña-maṇḍape mānavaḥ ayaṃ samasta-lokaḥ eva ekatra saṃniviṣṭa iva pratibhāti |
Duryodhana said: “It seems as though this entire world has been overturned and poured into one place—into Yudhiṣṭhira’s royal enclosure. Because people born in many regions and of diverse communities have arrived, Yudhiṣṭhira’s sacrificial pavilion appears as if the whole world itself has gathered there.”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how public honor and collective acclaim can intensify rivalry: Duryodhana interprets Yudhiṣṭhira’s flourishing royal sacrifice as a world-gathering spectacle, revealing the ethical danger of envy when confronted with another’s success.
During Yudhiṣṭhira’s grand sacrificial proceedings, people from many lands and communities arrive in great numbers. Duryodhana remarks that the sacrificial pavilion looks as though the whole world has assembled there, a reaction that foreshadows his growing resentment.