Mahabharata · 2.43.14–15
॥
Devanāgarī
पार्थान् सुमनसो दृष्ट्वा पार्थिवांश् च वशानुगान् ॥
कृत्स्नं चापि हितं लोकम् आकुमारं कुरूद्वह ॥
महिमानं परं चापि पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम् ॥
दुर्योधनो धार्तराष्ट्रो विवर्णः समपद्यत ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
pārthān sumanaso dṛṣṭvā pārthivāṃś ca vaśānugān ||
kṛtsnaṃ cāpi hitaṃ lokam ākumāraṃ kurūdvaha ||
mahimānaṃ paraṃ cāpi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām ||
duryodhano dhārtarāṣṭro vivarṇaḥ samapadyata ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
पार्थान् सुमनसो दृष्ट्वाpārthān sumanaso dṛṣṭvāhaving seen the Parthas joyful,
पार्थिवांश् च वश-अनुगान्pārthivāṃś ca vaśa-anugānand the kings submissive,
कृत्स्नं च अपि हितं लोकम्kṛtsnaṃ ca api hitaṃ lokamand the whole world well-disposed,
आकुमारं कुरु-उद्वहākumāraṃ kuru-udvahadown to the children, O upholder of the Kurus,
महिमानं परं च अपिmahimānaṃ paraṃ ca apiand the supreme greatness
पाण्डवानां महात्मनाम्pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanāmof the great-souled Pandavas --
दुर्योधनो धार्तराष्ट्रोduryodhano dhārtarāṣṭroDuryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra,
विवर्णः समपद्यतvivarṇaḥ samapadyataturned pale.
वशानुगान्vaśānugānoriginal form "vaśānugān", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कुरूद्वहkurūdvahaoriginal form "kurūdvaha", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Translation
Having seen the joyful Parthas, the submissive kings, the whole well-disposed world -- down to its children, O upholder of the Kurus -- and the supreme greatness of the great-souled Pandavas, Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra, turned pale.
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That which makes every well-wisher flourish -- universal love for the Pandavas, "even down to the children" -- turns Duryodhana pale. It is telling that the measure of general goodwill toward the righteous is also the measure of the envious man's torment: the wider their fame spreads, the deeper his sickness. The verse teaches that envy deprives one of the very good of living: the envious man withers where others bloom, and sickens at what makes the world rejoice. And his pallor is the bodily sign of an inward wasting: malice, feeding on another's happiness, devours first of all its own bearer. One incapable of love is punished by that very incapacity -- it dries him up from within.