Shloka 396

Adhyāya 52 (Sabhā-parva): Vidura Invites Yudhiṣṭhira to Hastināpura for the Dice Match

Devanagari script

पर्यस्त इव लोको<यं युधिष्ठटिरनिवेशने । अनेक देशोंमें उत्पन्न और विभिन्न जातिके लोगोंके आगमनसे युधिष्ठिरके यज्ञमण्डपमें मानो यह सम्पूर्ण लोक ही एकत्र हुआ जान पड़ता था

Transliteration

paryasta iva loko 'yaṃ yudhiṣṭhirāniveśane | aneka-deśeṣu utpanna-janānāṃ nānā-jāti-janasya ca āgamanāt yudhiṣṭhirasya yajña-maṇḍape mānavaḥ ayaṃ samasta-lokaḥ eva ekatra saṃniviṣṭa iva pratibhāti |

Translation

ด้วยผู้คนที่เกิดในนานาประเทศและหลากหลายหมู่ชนหลั่งไหลมาถึง มณฑปยัญของยุดิษฐิระจึงปรากฏประหนึ่งว่าโลกทั้งผองถูกเทรวมมาชุมนุมอยู่ ณ ที่เดียว

Word by Word

पर्यस्तःspread out, scattered (as if)

इवas if, like

लोकःworld, people

अयम्this

युधिष्ठिरof Yudhiṣṭhira

निवेशनेin the residence/encampment (hall)

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

Yudhiṣṭhira

Yudhiṣṭhira’s aniveśana (royal enclosure/residence)

yajña-maṇḍapa (sacrificial pavilion)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how public honor and collective acclaim can intensify rivalry: Duryodhana interprets Yudhiṣṭhira’s flourishing royal sacrifice as a world-gathering spectacle, revealing the ethical danger of envy when confronted with another’s success.

What is happening in the narrative?

During Yudhiṣṭhira’s grand sacrificial proceedings, people from many lands and communities arrive in great numbers. Duryodhana remarks that the sacrificial pavilion looks as though the whole world has assembled there, a reaction that foreshadows his growing resentment.