Shloka 11
दुर्योधनस्य प्रायोपवेशः — शकुनिसान्त्वनम् तथा कृत्याह्वानम्
Duryodhana’s Fast: Śakuni’s Consolation and the Summoning of a Kṛtyā
यदि मां धर्मराजश्न भीमसेनश्न् पाण्डव: । युक्त परमया लक्ष्म्या पश्येतां जीवितं भवेत्,“यदि धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर तथा पाण्डुनन्दन भीमसेन मुझे परमोत्कृष्ट राजलक्ष्मीसे सम्पन्न देख लें तो मेरा जीवन सफल हो जाय
yadi māṃ dharmarājaś ca bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ | yuktaṃ paramayā lakṣmyā paśyetāṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet ||
Wika ni Vaiśampāyana: “Kung makita ako ni Haring Dharma (Yudhiṣṭhira) at ni Bhīmasena, ang Pāṇḍava, na pinagkalooban ng pinakamataas na kapalarang panghari at maningning na karangalan, kung gayon ay magiging ganap ang aking buhay.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the human and ethical weight of recognition by the righteous: being seen and acknowledged by Dharmarāja and Bhīma while endowed with legitimate prosperity is presented as a measure of a life’s fulfillment, linking personal success to approval by dharmic exemplars rather than mere wealth.
In Vaiśaṃpāyana’s narration, a speaker expresses a wish: if Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) and Bhīma were to behold him in supreme royal splendor (paramā lakṣmī), he would consider his life successful—indicating a desire for status and validation in the presence of the Pāṇḍavas.