SanskritIASTMeaning
दृष्ट्वा इमां पृथिवीं कृत्स्नांdṛṣṭvā imāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ"having seen this whole earth,
युधिष्ठिर-वश-अनुगाम्yudhiṣṭhira-vaśa-anugāmsubmissive to Yudhishthira,
जिताम् अस्त्र-प्रतापेनjitām astra-pratāpenaconquered by the might of the weapons
श्वेत-अश्वस्य महात्मनःśveta-aśvasya mahātmanaḥof the great-souled White-Horsed one [Arjuna],
तं च यज्ञं तथा-भूतंtaṃ ca yajñaṃ tathā-bhūtaṃand that sacrifice, of such [greatness],
दृष्ट्वा पार्थस्य मातुलdṛṣṭvā pārthasya mātulahaving seen [it], of the Partha, uncle,
यथा शक्रस्य देवेषुyathā śakrasya deveṣuas of Shakra among the gods,
तथा-भूतं महा-द्युतेtathā-bhūtaṃ mahā-dyuteof such [greatness], O most radiant one --
अमर्षेण सु-संपूर्णोamarṣeṇa su-saṃpūrṇofilled with impatience [envy],
दह्यमानो दिवा-निशम्dahyamāno divā-niśamburning day and night,
शुचि-शुक्र-आगमे कालेśuci-śukra-āgame kālein the season of the coming of the bright hot months
शुष्ये तोयम् इव अल्पकम्śuṣye toyam iva alpakamI dry up, like a little water."
दुर्योधनduryodhanaoriginal form "duryodhana", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दृष्ट्वेमांdṛṣṭvemāṃoriginal form "dṛṣṭvemāṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
युधिष्ठिरवशानुगाम्yudhiṣṭhiravaśānugāmoriginal form "yudhiṣṭhiravaśānugām", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अस्त्रप्रतापेनastrapratāpenaoriginal form "astrapratāpena", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
श्वेताश्वस्यśvetāśvasyaoriginal form "śvetāśvasya", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथाभूतंtathābhūtaṃoriginal form "tathābhūtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथाभूतंtathābhūtaṃoriginal form "tathābhūtaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
महाद्युतेmahādyuteoriginal form "mahādyute", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सुसंपूर्णोsusaṃpūrṇooriginal form "susaṃpūrṇo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिवानिशम्divāniśamoriginal form "divāniśam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
शुचिशुक्रागमेśuciśukrāgameoriginal form "śuciśukrāgame", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इवाल्पकम्ivālpakamoriginal form "ivālpakam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Duryodhana himself likens himself to a drying puddle: envy parches him as heat parches shallow water. It is telling, this involuntary self-knowledge: the envious man feels he is perishing, but not from any outward misfortune -- from his own fire. The verse teaches that envy is a sickness turned inward: it does not harm the one envied but consumes the one who envies. Another's greatness has not diminished by a hair from his torment -- only he himself withers. And "day and night" measures its relentlessness: a passion that has taken hold gives no rest even for an hour. One who nurses envy gives poison not to his enemy but to himself, and dries up amid another's abundance.