Shloka 40
Duryodhana’s Envy at Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya and the Avabhṛtha Festival
एतत्तेऽभिहितं राजन् यत्पृष्टोऽहमिह त्वया । सुयोधनस्य दौरात्म्यं राजसूये महाक्रतौ ॥ ४० ॥
etat te ’bhihitaṁ rājan yat pṛṣṭo ’ham iha tvayā suyodhanasya daurātmyaṁ rājasūye mahā-kratau
اے بادشاہ، جو بات تم نے پوچھی تھی میں نے یہاں بیان کر دی—عظیم راجسوئے یَجْن میں سُیودھن کی بدباطنی اور ناراضی کا سبب۔
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.”
FAQs
This verse concludes that Śukadeva has explained how Suyodhana (Duryodhana) displayed daurātmya—an evil, envious mentality—during the great Rājasūya rite.
Parīkṣit had asked about the incident at the Rājasūya; Śukadeva answers and then signals completion of that explanation in this verse.
It warns that envy and resentment—especially toward others’ success—lead to self-destruction; cultivating humility and devotion counters that tendency.