Shloka 2

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

Devanagari script

तस्यां दिव्यानभिप्रायान्‌ ददर्श कुरुनन्दन: । न दृष्टपूर्वा ये तेन नगरे नागसाह्दये

Transliteration

tasyāṃ divyān abhiprāyān dadarśa kurunandanaḥ | na dṛṣṭapūrvā ye tena nagare nāgasāhvaye ||

Translation

在那奇妙的大殿中，俱卢之子（杜罗约陀那）看见了宛如天界的奇观与巧思所成的景象——这些在名为那伽娑诃伐耶（哈斯提那补罗）的城中，他从未见过。

Word by Word

• तस्याम्: in that (hall/assembly)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• दिव्यान्: divine, wondrous
• दिव्यान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अभिप्रायान्: intentions; (here) wondrous sights/contrivances
• अभिप्रायान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिप्राय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• ददर्श: saw
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• कुरुनन्दनः: the delight of the Kurus (Duryodhana)
• कुरुनन्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुनन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• दृष्टपूर्वाः: previously seen (before)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्टपूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: which (those)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नागसाह्वये: called Nāga (i.e., Hastināpura)
• नागसाह्वये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नागसाह्वय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Kurunandana (Duryodhana)
• Nāgasāhvaya (Hastināpura)
• the divine sabhā (assembly hall)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse hints that extraordinary wealth and spectacle can provoke attachment, pride, and envy; ethical steadiness is tested when one confronts splendor that exceeds one’s prior experience.

What is happening in the narrative?

Duryodhana, arriving in the extraordinary assembly hall, sees wondrous, seemingly divine sights—unfamiliar marvels he had never encountered in Hastināpura—setting the stage for his growing jealousy and hostility.