दुर्योधन उवाच
अश्नाम्य् आच्छादये चाहं यथा कुपुरुषस् तथा ॥
अमर्षं धारये चोग्रं तितिक्षन् कालपर्ययम् ॥
अमर्षणः स्वाः प्रकृतीर् अभिभूय परे स्थिताः ॥
क्लेशान् मुमुक्षुः परजान् स वै पुरुष उच्यते ॥
संतोषो वै श्रियं हन्ति अभिमानश् च भारत ॥
अनुक्रोशभये चोभे यैर् वृतो नाश्नुते महत् ॥
duryodhana uvāca
aśnāmy ācchādaye cāhaṃ yathā kupuruṣas tathā ||
amarṣaṃ dhāraye cograṃ titikṣan kālaparyayam ||
amarṣaṇaḥ svāḥ prakṛtīr abhibhūya pare sthitāḥ ||
kleśān mumukṣuḥ parajān sa vai puruṣa ucyate ||
saṃtoṣo vai śriyaṃ hanti abhimānaś ca bhārata ||
anukrośabhaye cobhe yair vṛto nāśnute mahat ||
'I eat and dress like any ordinary man, but I harbor a fierce envy, enduring [until] time turns. He who, impatient, having overcome [the weakness of] his own nature, rises above his enemies and longs to be rid of the torments they cause, is truly called a man. Contentment [with little] destroys fortune, O Bharata, as does [false] pity; whoever is possessed by both compassion and fear does not attain greatness.'
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Duryodhana elevates impatience into a virtue and brands contentment and compassion as ruinous. This complete overturning of values is telling: what scripture honors as peace of soul — satisfaction and mercy — he calls destroyers of fortune. The verse displays the philosophy of envious ambition: for it, peace is weakness, and pity is an obstacle to greatness. But this measure is false at the root: the 'greatness' for whose sake he rejects compassion is nothing but the sating of malice. Whoever, chasing greatness, tramples mercy will attain not greatness but a mass of evil; for the truly great is not the merciless one, but the one who, even in strength, can remain compassionate.