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 ||
ਸੁਯੋਧਨ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਣੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਡਿੱਗਿਆ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਮਹਾਬਲੀ ਭੀਮਸੇਨ ਹੱਸ ਪਿਆ ਅਤੇ ‘ਨੌਕਰਾਂ ਦਾ ਅੰਨ’ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਮਖੌਲ ਉਡਾਇਆ।
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.