Shloka 183
Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration
कदलीमृगमोकानि कृष्णश्यामारुणानि च । काम्बोज: प्राहिणोत् तस्मै परार्घ्यानपि कम्बलान् | काम्बोजराजने काले, नीले और लाल रंगके कदलीमृगके चर्म तथा अनेक बहुमूल्य कम्बल युधिष्ठिरके लिये भेंटमें भेजे थे
kadalīmṛgamokāni kṛṣṇaśyāmāruṇāni ca | kāmbojaḥ prāhiṇot tasmai parārghyān api kambalān |
ドゥルヨーダナは言った。「カーンボージャ王は彼（ユディシュティラ）に、黒・濃紺・赤みを帯びた色のカダリー・ムリガの皮を送り、さらにこの上なく高価な毛布までも献じた。」ラージャスーヤの貢納の物語において、この句は、遠国の王たちが豪奢な贈り物によって忠誠を示し恩寵を求めるさま—すなわち内なるダルマの尺度ではなく、政治的服従の外徴—を浮かび上がらせる。
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Material splendor and costly gifts function as political signals of allegiance and status; they do not by themselves constitute dharma. The episode invites reflection on how power can be consolidated through wealth and display, and how such displays may later fuel envy and conflict.
During the accounting of tributes brought for Yudhiṣṭhira’s imperial rite, Duryodhana enumerates what various rulers sent. Here he notes that the Kāmboja ruler dispatched prized animal hides of various colors and expensive blankets as gifts.