Shloka 443
Adhyāya 52 (Sabhā-parva): Vidura Invites Yudhiṣṭhira to Hastināpura for the Dice Match
अपश्यं सर्ववर्णानां युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने । मैंने युधिष्ठिरके यज्ञमण्डपमें सभी वर्णके लोगोंमेंसे किसीको ऐसा नहीं देखा, जो खा- पीकर आभूषणोंसे विभूषित और सत्कृत न हुआ हो
apaśyaṁ sarvavarṇānāṁ yudhiṣṭhira-niveśane |
Duryodhana dit : «Dans la demeure royale de Yudhiṣṭhira, je n’ai vu personne, de quelque ordre que ce soit, qui n’ait été nourri et abreuvé, paré d’ornements et honoré comme il se doit.»
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A dhārmic ruler is expected to practice impartial hospitality and public generosity—ensuring that all people, regardless of varṇa, are properly received, fed, and honored. Such visible righteousness becomes a measure of legitimate kingship.
During the description of Yudhiṣṭhira’s grand royal-sacrificial setting, Duryodhana remarks that everyone present appears well-fed, adorned, and respected. His observation functions both as praise of Yudhiṣṭhira’s magnificence and as a narrative seed for Duryodhana’s growing resentment.