Shloka 3
दुर्योधनो मदेनैष क्षेमं राष्ट्रादपोहति । विषाणं गौरिव मदात् स्वयमारुजते55त्मन:,जैसे मतवाला बैल मदोन्मत्त होकर स्वयं ही अपने सींगोंको तोड़ लेता है, उसी प्रकार यह दुर्योधन मदान्धताके कारण स्वयं अपने राज्यसे मंगलका बहिष्कार कर रहा है
vidura uvāca | duryodhano madena eṣa kṣemaṁ rāṣṭrād apohati | viṣāṇaṁ gaur iva madāt svayam ārujate 'tmanā ||
Vidura said: “This Duryodhana, blinded by intoxication of pride, is driving prosperity and safety away from the kingdom. Like a bull, crazed with rut, that breaks its own horns by its own doing, he is himself ruining the very means of his strength.”
विदुर उवाच
Educational Q&A
Arrogance and intoxication of power (mada) make a ruler reject kṣema—public welfare and stability—so that destruction arises from within; the strongest instruments of power become self-damaging when guided by pride rather than dharma.
Vidura warns the court that Duryodhana’s pride is actively pushing away the kingdom’s welfare; he illustrates this with a vivid simile: like a rut-maddened bull that breaks its own horns, Duryodhana is undermining his own strength and the state’s good fortune.