Shloka 12
Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration
(उपस्थित: सर्वकामैस्त्रिदिवे वासवो यथा । विविधैरन्नपानैश्व प्रवरैः कि नु शोचसि ।।
duryodhana uvāca |
aśnāmy ācchādaye cāhaṃ yathā kupuruṣas tathā |
amarṣaṃ dhāraye cograṃ ninīṣuḥ kālaparyayam ||
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दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Material comfort and public praise do not remove inner suffering when the mind is ruled by amarṣa—jealous resentment. The verse highlights an ethical warning: envy corrodes dignity from within, making a person feel ‘base’ even amid prosperity, and it drives one to wait for (or engineer) a ‘turn of time’ to harm rivals.
After being questioned about his sorrow despite having every royal luxury, Duryodhana admits to his father that his distress is not due to lack of pleasures but due to intense resentment. He confesses he is inwardly consumed, waiting for a change in circumstances—an early disclosure of the hostility that will later fuel the great conflict.