Mahabharata · 1.1.88–89
॥
Devanāgarī
समृद्धां तां तथा दृष्ट्वा पाण्डवानां तदा श्रियम् ।
ईर्ष्यासमुत्थः सुमहांस् तस्य मन्युर् अजायत ॥
विमानप्रतिमां चापि मयेन सुकृतां सभाम् ।
पाण्डवानाम् उपहृतां स दृष्ट्वा पर्यतप्यत ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
samṛddhāṃ tāṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavānāṃ tadā śriyam |
īrṣyāsamutthaḥ sumahāṃs tasya manyur ajāyata ||
vimānapratimāṃ cāpi mayena sukṛtāṃ sabhām |
pāṇḍavānām upahṛtāṃ sa dṛṣṭvā paryatapyata ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
समृद्धाम्samṛddhāmprosperous; flourishing
ताम्tāmthat
तथाtathāsuch; so great
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen
पाण्डवानाम्pāṇḍavānāmof the Pandavas
तदाtadāthen
श्रियम्śriyamprosperity; wealth; Shri (good fortune)
ईर्ष्यासमुत्थःīrṣyā-samutthaḥborn of envy; arisen from envy
सुमहान्su-mahānvery great; immense
तस्यtasyahis (Duryodhana's)
मन्युःmanyuḥwrath; malice
अजायतajāyataarose; was born
विमानप्रतिमाम्vimāna-pratimāmresembling a celestial chariot (vimana)
च अपिca apiand also
मयेनmayenaby Maya (the danava architect)
सुकृताम्su-kṛtāmskillfully built; expertly made
सभाम्sabhāmassembly hall
उपहृताम्upahṛtāmpresented; gifted
सःsaḥhe
दृष्ट्वाdṛṣṭvāhaving seen
पर्यतप्यतparyatapyatawas tormented; suffered (from envy)
समृद्धांsamṛddhāṃoriginal form "samṛddhāṃ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
तांtāṃoriginal form "tāṃ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
पाण्डवानांpāṇḍavānāṃoriginal form "pāṇḍavānāṃ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
ईर्ष्यासमुत्थःīrṣyāsamutthaḥoriginal form "īrṣyāsamutthaḥ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
सुमहांस्sumahāṃsoriginal form "sumahāṃs", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
मन्युर्manyuroriginal form "manyur", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
विमानप्रतिमांvimānapratimāṃoriginal form "vimānapratimāṃ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
सुकृतांsukṛtāṃoriginal form "sukṛtāṃ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
उपहृतांupahṛtāṃoriginal form "upahṛtāṃ", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
सsaoriginal form "sa", added for full coverage of the word-by-word block
Translation
Having seen such splendid prosperity of the Pandavas, he was filled with a great wrath born of envy. And having seen the assembly hall resembling a celestial chariot, skillfully built by Maya and presented to the Pandavas, he was tormented by envy.
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80c9fb03d197 · published Jul 12, 2026, 2:16:08 PM UTC
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Duryodhana's envy (īrṣyā) at the sight of the Pandavas' wealth and Maya's wondrous palace is the seed of the whole catastrophe to come. Envy of devotees and of the fortune the Lord has granted them is the root of adharma. Shri dwells with the Pandavas, for Lakshmi follows Narayana; the envious man cannot bear the sight of the Lord's mercy poured out upon others. It is precisely matsarya (envy) that renders the heart incapable of devotion — indeed it is said that the Bhagavatam is meant for the "non-envious" (nirmatsarāṇām, SB 1.1.2). Duryodhana embodies the envious soul, consumed at the sight of another's God-given good fortune.