Shloka 35
Dyūta-āhvāna: Śakuni’s Proposal, Vidura’s Warning, and the Summons of Yudhiṣṭhira
Sabhā-parva 51
नाराचानर्धनाराचाऊछस्त्राणि विविधानि च । एतद् दत्त्वा महद् द्रव्यं पूर्वदेशाधिपा तृपा: ।।
nārācān ardhanārācāṁś ca astrāṇi vividhāni ca | etad dattvā mahad dravyaṁ pūrvadeśādhipās tṛpāḥ ||
Дурьодхана сказал: «Они поднесли дорогие богатства — стрелы нарача и полунарача, а также оружие многих видов. Отдав эти великие ценности, довольные владыки восточных земель вошли в жертвенный зал высокодушного Пандавы.»
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dāna (formal gifting) as a kṣatriya duty within a yajña: rulers affirm status and social order by offering valuable goods. Ethically, it also hints at how public displays of wealth can provoke envy and intensify conflict when pride outweighs restraint.
Duryodhana is describing the grandeur of Yudhiṣṭhira’s sacrificial event: eastern kings arrive, offer expensive weapons and missiles as tribute/gifts, and then enter the yajña hall—part of the larger depiction of the Rājasūya’s magnificence that later feeds Duryodhana’s jealousy.