Shloka 21
स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven
Triviṣṭapa
यत्कृते पृथिवी नष्टा सहया सनरद्विपा । वयं च मन्युना दग्धा वैरं प्रतिचिकीर्षव:
yatkṛte pṛthivī naṣṭā sahayā sa-nara-dvipā | vayaṃ ca manyunā dagdhā vairaṃ praticikīrṣavaḥ ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana dit : « Par sa faute, la terre fut dévastée, avec ses chevaux, ses éléphants et ses hommes ; et, par le désir de rendre cette inimitié, nous aussi fûmes consumés par le feu de la colère. »
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how a single feud can consume an entire world: vengeance (vaira) and anger (manyu) do not remain private emotions but become forces that destroy societies, armies, and moral clarity.
Vaiśaṃpāyana narrates a reflection on the catastrophic war: the speaker recalls that the earth was devastated with its people and war-animals, and that the protagonists themselves were driven and scorched by wrath while seeking retaliation for enmity.