Shloka 35
Dyūta-āhvāna: Śakuni’s Proposal, Vidura’s Warning, and the Summons of Yudhiṣṭhira
Sabhā-parva 51
नाराचानर्धनाराचाऊछस्त्राणि विविधानि च । एतद् दत्त्वा महद् द्रव्यं पूर्वदेशाधिपा तृपा: ।।
nārācān ardhanārācāṁś ca astrāṇi vividhāni ca | etad dattvā mahad dravyaṁ pūrvadeśādhipās tṛpāḥ ||
ドゥルヨーダナは言った。「彼らは高価な財を献じた――ナーラーチャの矢、半ナーラーチャの矢、そして多種多様な武器である。これら大いなる宝を捧げ終えると、東方の諸王は満ち足りて、高魂のパーンドゥの子の祭殿へと入っていった。」
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dāna (formal gifting) as a kṣatriya duty within a yajña: rulers affirm status and social order by offering valuable goods. Ethically, it also hints at how public displays of wealth can provoke envy and intensify conflict when pride outweighs restraint.
Duryodhana is describing the grandeur of Yudhiṣṭhira’s sacrificial event: eastern kings arrive, offer expensive weapons and missiles as tribute/gifts, and then enter the yajña hall—part of the larger depiction of the Rājasūya’s magnificence that later feeds Duryodhana’s jealousy.