Shloka 24

Devanagari script

अमर्षेण तु सम्पूर्णो दहममानो दिवानिशम्‌ । शुचिशुक्रागमे काले शुष्येत्‌ तोयमिवाल्पकम्‌,दुर्योधनने कहा--मामाजी! मैंने देखा है, श्वेतवाहन महात्मा अर्जुनके अस्त्रोंके प्रतापसे जीती हुई यह सारी पृथ्वी युधिष्ठिरके वशमें हो गयी है। महातेजस्वी युधिष्ठिरका वह राजसूययज्ञ उसी प्रकार सम्पन्न हुआ है, जैसे देवताओंमें देवराज इन्द्रका यज्ञ पूर्ण हुआ था। यह सब देखकर मैं दिन-रात ईष्यासे भरा ठीक उसी प्रकार जलता रहता हूँ, जैसे ग्रीष्म- ऋतुमें थोड़ा-ला जल जल्दी सूख जाता है

Transliteration

amarṣeṇa tu sampūrṇo dahamāno divāniśam | śuciśukrāgame kāle śuṣyet toyam ivālpakam ||

Translation

Wika ni Duryodhana: “Puno ako ng poot na di mapigil; sa inggit na nagliliyab araw at gabi, unti-unti akong nalalanta—gaya ng kaunting tubig na agad natutuyo kapag dumarating ang maliwanag at matinding init ng tag-araw.”

Word by Word

अमर्षेणwith intolerance/resentment

तुbut/indeed

सम्पूर्णःcompletely filled

दहमानःburning

दिवाby day

निशम्by night

शुचिin the clear/bright (season)

शुक्रागमेat the coming of summer/heat (lit. approach of the bright/Śukra)

कालेat the time

शुष्येत्would dry up

तोयम्water

इवlike/as

अल्पकम्a little (small amount)

Speaker

दुर्योधन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Duryodhana

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?

Unchecked envy (īrṣyā/amarṣa) becomes self-consuming: it does not harm the rival as much as it dries up the one who harbors it, undermining judgment, peace, and dharmic conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana confesses his inner torment: seeing the Pandavas’ rise and honor, he is overwhelmed by resentment and feels himself burning constantly, expressed through the simile of a small amount of water evaporating in the hot season.