Shloka 2
दुर्योधन बोला--अनघ! राजाओंद्वारा युधिष्ठिरके यज्ञके लिये दिये हुए जिस महान् धनका संग्रह वहाँ हुआ था, वह अनेक प्रकारका था। मैं उसका वर्णन करता हूँ, सुनिये ।। मेरुमन्दरयोर्मध्ये शैलोदामभितो नदीम् | ये ते कीचकवेणूनां छायां रम्यामुपासते
duryodhana uvāca—anagha! rājabhir yudhiṣṭhirasya yajñārthaṃ dattasya mahato dhanasya yatra saṃgraho ’bhavat sa nānāvīryaḥ (nānāvidhaḥ) । tasya varṇanaṃ karomi—śṛṇu । merumandarayor madhye śailodām abhito nadīm | ye te kīcakaveṇūnāṃ chāyāṃ ramyām upāsate ||
杜尤陀那说道：“清白无瑕者啊！为尤提施提罗的祭礼而由众王奉献、在此汇聚的巨富，种类繁多。我将为你叙述，且听。须弥与曼陀罗两山之间，有一条名为‘舍罗达’的河；沿其两岸，居住着喜爱栖息在奇恰迦竹林秀美荫影中的人们。”
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames immense ritual wealth as a public, kingly phenomenon—generated through alliances and recognition—while also hinting at the ethical danger of attachment: Duryodhana’s detailed attention to others’ prosperity becomes a seed for envy and conflict.
Duryodhana begins recounting the extraordinary riches assembled for Yudhiṣṭhira’s great sacrifice, shifting into a descriptive catalogue that includes far-off, almost mythic regions (Meru–Mandara and the Śailodā river) and their distinctive natural features.