Shloka 7
स्वर्गे दुर्योधनदर्शनम् | Duryodhana Seen in Heaven
Triviṣṭapa
दुर्योधनको ऐसी अवस्थामें देख उसे मिली हुई शोभा और सम्पत्तिका अवलोकन कर राजा युधिष्ठिर अमर्षसे भर गये और सहसा दूसरी ओर लौट पड़े ।।
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
duryodhanaṃ tathāvasthaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya ca saṃpadam |
śriyaṃ ca labdhāṃ saṃprekṣya rājā yudhiṣṭhiro 'marṣitaḥ |
sahasānyato nivavṛte bruvann uccair vacas tadā ||
na ahaṃ duryodhanenaiva sahitaḥ kāmaye lokān |
lubdhenādīrghadarśinā ||
(…yena vayaṃ sarvasuhṛdbāndhavān haṭhād yuddhe nihatyākhilāṃ pṛthivīm ujjhitavān; yo 'smān pūrvaṃ mahāvane bahu kleśam akārayat; yaś ca dharmaparāṃ nirdoṣāṅgīṃ patnīṃ pāñcālīṃ draupadīṃ sabhāyāṃ gurūṇāṃ samīpe 'karṣat…)
毗舍波耶那说道：由提施提罗王见杜尤陀那竟处于如此境地，目睹他所得的荣华与富贵，心中愤怒充塞，立刻转身避向一旁。随后他对在场众人高声说道：“诸天啊！若要与杜尤陀那同处，我不愿得此诸福乐世界——那贪婪而短视之人：正因他，我们被迫卷入执拗的战争，屠戮亲友宗族，使大地荒残；先前又在大林中令我们受尽苦楚；并且他还在长老之前、满座之中，将我那无辜而奉法的妻子——般遮罗公主德劳帕蒂——拖拽入会堂。”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Merit and reward are not merely about reaching a ‘heavenly’ state; ethical integrity matters. Yudhiṣṭhira refuses a heaven that appears to honor the very agent of greed and injustice, asserting that association with adharma is unacceptable even if it comes with celestial pleasure.
In Svargārohaṇa, Yudhiṣṭhira is shown Duryodhana enjoying splendor in the heavenly realms. Outraged by the memory of Duryodhana’s crimes—war’s devastation, the exile’s suffering, and Draupadī’s humiliation—Yudhiṣṭhira turns away and declares he does not want such worlds if he must share them with Duryodhana.