Shloka 8
Adhyāya 48 — Duryodhana’s Account of Tribute and the Provisioned Court (सभा पर्व, अध्याय ४८)
अग्निदाहान्मयं चापि मोक्षयित्वा स दानवम् | सभां तां कारयामास सव्यसाची परंतप:,सव्यसाची परंतप अर्जुनने मय दानवको आगमें जलनेसे बचाया और उसीके द्वारा उस दिव्य सभाका निर्माण कराया
agnidāhān mayaṃ cāpi mokṣayitvā sa dānavam | sabhāṃ tāṃ kārayāmāsa savyasācī parantapaḥ ||
ദുര്യോധനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—പരന്തപനും സവ്യസാചിയുമായ അർജുനൻ അഗ്നിദാഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മയ ദാനവനെ രക്ഷപ്പെടുത്തി; അതേ മയനാൽ തന്നെയായിരുന്നു ആ ദിവ്യസഭ നിർമ്മിപ്പിച്ചത്.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A single dharmic act—rescuing someone in peril—can generate far-reaching consequences. Compassion and protection create bonds of reciprocity (Maya repays Arjuna by building the hall), yet the resulting prosperity can also become fuel for envy and ethical downfall if met with pride and rivalry.
Duryodhana recalls that Arjuna saved Maya the Dānava from a great fire. In gratitude and service, Maya then constructed the extraordinary assembly hall for the Pāṇḍavas—an event that later intensifies Duryodhana’s jealousy and drives key conflicts in the Sabha Parva.