Shloka 6

स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven

Triviṣṭapa

Devanagari script

ततो युधिष्छिरो दृष्टवा दुर्योधनममर्षित: । सहसा संनिवृत्तो5भूच्छियं दृष्टवा सुयोधने

Transliteration

tato yudhiṣṭhiro dṛṣṭvā duryodhanam amarṣitaḥ | sahasā saṃnivṛtto 'bhūc chriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā suyodhane ||

Translation

Then Yudhiṣṭhira, on seeing Duryodhana, was stirred with indignation; yet he immediately checked himself when he beheld prosperity and splendor resting upon Suyodhana. The moment frames a moral tension: righteous anger arises at wrongdoing, but self-restraint and discernment intervene when confronted with the mysterious allotment of fortune in the other world.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• दुर्योधनम्: Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अमर्षितः: angered, intolerant (filled with resentment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमर्षित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहसा: suddenly, at once
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा

• संनिवृत्तः: turned back, desisted, withdrew
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-वृत्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: became, was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्रियम्: splendour, fortune, prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)

• सुयोधने: in/with regard to Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Duryodhana (Suyodhana)
• Śrī (prosperity/fortune)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even justified anger must be governed by restraint and reflection; the distribution of fortune (śrī) can challenge human expectations of moral accounting, urging deeper inquiry into dharma and the workings of karma beyond appearances.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the ascent-to-heaven episode, Yudhiṣṭhira encounters Duryodhana and feels indignation, but he immediately restrains himself upon seeing Duryodhana endowed with heavenly splendor, setting up Yudhiṣṭhira’s ensuing moral questioning.