Shloka 14
दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya
एवं प्रलम्भान् विविधानू प्राप्य तत्र विशाम्पते । पाण्डवेयाभ्यनुज्ञातस्ततो दुर्योधनो नृप:
evaṁ pralambhān vividhān prāpya tatra viśāṁpate | pāṇḍaveyābhyanujñātas tato duryodhano nṛpaḥ ||
Dijo Vaiśaṃpāyana: Así, tras sufrir allí diversas humillaciones y engaños, oh señor de los pueblos, el rey Duryodhana—después de posar la mirada en la maravillosa prosperidad que había llegado a los Pāṇḍavas con el Rājasūya—pidió licencia a Yudhiṣṭhira y partió hacia Hastināpura con el corazón descontento.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how envy and injured ego can eclipse discernment: instead of honoring another’s legitimate prosperity, Duryodhana internalizes resentment, which becomes a moral seed for later conflict.
After repeatedly being embarrassed/deceived in the Pāṇḍavas’ splendid setting during the Rājasūya occasion, Duryodhana asks Yudhiṣṭhira for leave and returns to Hastināpura, upset and brooding.