Shloka 39
दुर्योधनस्य बलिवर्णनम् — Duryodhana’s Description of Tribute at the Rājasūya
सोहहं श्रियं च तां दृष्टवा सभां तां च तथाविधाम् | रक्षिभिश्षावहासं तं॑ परितप्ये यथाग्निना
so 'haṁ śriyaṁ ca tāṁ dṛṣṭvā sabhāṁ tāṁ ca tathāvidhām | rakṣibhiś cāvahāsaṁ taṁ paritapye yathāgninā ||
“见到那王者的荣华与那奇妙的议事大殿，又忆起守卫对我的讥笑，我心中时时如火灼烧——仿佛置身烈焰之中。”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Unchecked envy and wounded pride become self-consuming suffering and can drive one toward unethical choices; inner torment arises not from others’ prosperity but from one’s own attachment to status and honor.
Duryodhana reflects on the dazzling royal prosperity and extraordinary assembly-hall he has witnessed, and on the ridicule he faced from the guards there; the memory burns him inwardly, revealing the resentment that will fuel further hostility.