Shloka 15

दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya

Devanagari script

अप्रह्ृष्टेन मनसा राजसूये महाक्रतौ । प्रेक्ष्य तामद्भुतामृद्धि जगाम गजसाह्दयम्‌

Transliteration

Vaiśampāyana uvāca: aprahṛṣṭena manasā rājasūye mahākratau | prekṣya tām adbhutām ṛddhiṁ jagāma gajasāhṛdayam, rājan |

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：在盛大的罗阇苏耶祭中，杜尔约陀那心无欢喜；见那奇异的富盛之后，噢，国王，他便启程回诃斯提那补罗，胸中沉重，尽是嫉妒与羞愤。

Word by Word

• अप्रहृष्टेन: with an ungladdened (dejected) (mind)
• अप्रहृष्टेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रहृष्ट
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• राजसूये: in/at the Rājasūya
• राजसूये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महाक्रतौ: in the great sacrifice
• महाक्रतौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाक्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्रेक्ष्य: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ईक्ष्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुताम्: wonderful
• अद्भुताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ऋद्धिम्: prosperity, splendor
• ऋद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• जगाम: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गजसाहृदयम्: elephant-stable/elephant-yard (lit. elephant-quarters)
• गजसाहृदयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज-साहृदय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Duryodhana
• Rājasūya
• Hastināpura
• Pāṇḍavas (implied by context of their prosperity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how envy and wounded pride arise from comparing oneself with others’ success; such inner agitation undermines ethical judgment and inclines a ruler away from dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

During Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya, Duryodhana sees the extraordinary prosperity and splendor of the Pāṇḍavas; feeling displeased and burdened at heart, he leaves and goes back toward Hastināpura.