Shloka 40

Duryodhana’s Envy at Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya and the Avabhṛtha Festival

Devanagari script

एतत्तेऽभिहितं राजन् यत्पृष्टोऽहमिह त्वया । सुयोधनस्य दौरात्म्यं राजसूये महाक्रतौ ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

etat te ’bhihitaṁ rājan yat pṛṣṭo ’ham iha tvayā suyodhanasya daurātmyaṁ rājasūye mahā-kratau

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา ข้าพเจ้าได้ตอบสิ่งที่พระองค์ทรงถามแล้ว ณ ที่นี้—ว่าด้วยความชั่วร้ายในใจของสุโยธนะและเหตุแห่งความไม่พอใจของเขาในมหาราชสูยะยัญอันยิ่งใหญ่

Synonyms

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘this’

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; ‘to you/for you’

• अभिहितम्: has been told
• अभिहितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + धा (धा धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगभाव

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• पृष्टः: asked
• पृष्टः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रच्छ् (प्रच्छ् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘asked’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुयोधनस्य: of Suyodhana (Duryodhana)
• सुयोधनस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुयोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दौरात्म्यम्: wickedness
• दौरात्म्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• राजसूये: in the Rājasūya (sacrifice)
• राजसूये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महाक्रतौ: in the great rite
• महाक्रतौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘महान् क्रतुः’); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Purport

Thus end the purports of the humble servants of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda to the Tenth Canto, Seventy-fifth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Duryodhana Humiliated.”

Characters & Entities

• Duryodhana (Suyodhana)
• Parīkṣit Mahārāja

FAQs

What does the Srimad Bhagavatam say about Duryodhana’s wicked mentality at the Rājasūya sacrifice?

This verse concludes that Śukadeva has explained how Suyodhana (Duryodhana) displayed daurātmya—an evil, envious mentality—during the great Rājasūya rite.

Why did Śukadeva Gosvāmī say this to King Parīkṣit?

Parīkṣit had asked about the incident at the Rājasūya; Śukadeva answers and then signals completion of that explanation in this verse.

How can the teaching of daurātmya (wickedness) be applied in modern life?

It warns that envy and resentment—especially toward others’ success—lead to self-destruction; cultivating humility and devotion counters that tendency.