Shloka 7
दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya
जले निपतितं दृष्टवा भीमसेनो महाबल: । जहास जहसुश्चैव किंकराश्न सुयोधनम्
jale nipatitaṁ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | jahāsa jahasuś caiva kiṅkarāśna suyodhanam ||
സുയോധനൻ ജലത്തിൽ വീണതു കണ്ട മഹാബലനായ ഭീമസേനൻ പൊട്ടിച്ചിരിച്ചു; ‘കിങ്കരന്റെ അന്നം’ എന്നു വിളിച്ച് അവനെ പരിഹസിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical danger of ridicule: mocking a defeated or embarrassed person inflames resentment and escalates conflict. Even when one’s opponent is at fault, harsh speech and public humiliation can become a seed of future violence.
In the royal assembly setting, Suyodhana slips/falls into water. Bhīma, seeing this, laughs and taunts him with a contemptuous epithet, intensifying Suyodhana’s shame and anger.