Shloka 63
दुर्योधनस्य लज्जा-प्रायोपवेशविचारः
Duryodhana’s Shame and Consideration of Prāyopaveśa
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Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tvayākṣiptā mahābāho dīpyamāneva dṛśyate | rājendra tava śatravaḥ śīghraṃ hi śokena dīnā-durbalā abhavan | mahābāho tvayā rājñaḥ yudhiṣṭhirāt iyam lakṣmīḥ svabuddhibalena apahṛtā | ataḥ idānīṃ tava gṛhe eṣā prakāśitīva dṛśyate ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “O mighty-armed one, the fortune you have seized appears as though it were blazing. O best of kings, your enemies have quickly become wretched and weakened by grief. O mighty-armed one, by the strength of your own cunning you have taken this royal prosperity away from King Yudhiṣṭhira; therefore now it seems to shine forth in your house.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the moral tension between outward prosperity and the means by which it is obtained: wealth and royal splendor gained through cunning seizure may appear dazzling, yet it is ethically charged, being taken from a righteous king and causing grief and weakness to others.
Vaiśampāyana describes how the addressee has taken Yudhiṣṭhira’s royal prosperity (lakṣmī) through intellectual stratagem, leaving opponents grief-stricken and weakened; that transferred fortune now seems to shine in the victor’s household.