Shloka 12
Nārada’s Account of the Kaliṅga Svayaṃvara: Duryodhana’s Seizure and Karṇa’s Escort
दुर्योधनस्तु कौरव्यो नामर्षयत लड्घनम् । प्रत्यषेधच्च तां कन्यामसत्कृत्य नराधिपान्,कुरुवंशी दुर्योधनको यह सहन नहीं हुआ कि राजकन्या उसे लाँघकर अन्यत्र जाय। उसने समस्त नरेशोंका अपमान करके उसे वहीं रोक लिया
duryodhanas tu kauravyo nāmarṣayata laṅghanam | pratyaṣedhac ca tāṃ kanyām asatkṛtya narādhipān |
नारद उवाच—कौरव्यो दुर्योधनस्तु तस्य लङ्घनं नामर्षयत्। स समागतान् नराधिपान् अवमन्य, तान् असत्कृत्य, तां कन्यां बलात् प्रत्यषेधत्—अन्यत्र गन्तुं न ददौ।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked pride and intolerance of perceived insult can lead a ruler to violate dharma—disrespecting others and using coercion—thereby sowing wider conflict and moral downfall.
Nārada narrates that Duryodhana, unable to bear being passed over, stops a princess from going elsewhere and, in doing so, insults the other kings present.