Shloka 31
Rājasūyābhiṣeka-darśana: Duryodhana’s Observation of the Consecration
पूर्णे शतसहस्त्रे तु विप्राणां परिविष्यताम् । स्थापिता तत्र संज्ञाभूच्छड्खो ध्मायति नित्यश:
pūrṇe śatasahasre tu viprāṇāṃ pariviṣyatām | sthāpitā tatra saṃjñābhūc chaṅkho dhmāyati nityaśaḥ ||
ಒಂದು ಲಕ್ಷ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ಭೋಜನವನ್ನು ಪರಿವೇಶಿಸಿ ಮುಗಿದಾಗ, ಅದಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ ಸಂಕೇತವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದ್ದರು; ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಆ ಲಕ್ಷ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಶಂಖವನ್ನು ಊದುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how large-scale charity and hospitality can become institutionalized and publicly signaled; ethically, it invites reflection on intention—whether giving is rooted in dharma and compassion or in display, competition, and pride.
Duryodhana describes an arrangement where feeding Brahmins is conducted on a massive scale, and a conch is blown as a daily signal once the full quota of one hundred thousand has been served.