भृत्यास् तु ये पाण्डवानां तांस् ते वक्ष्यामि भारत ॥
येषाम् आमं च पक्वं च संविधत्ते युधिष्ठिरः ॥
अयुतं त्रीणि पद्मानि गजारोहाः ससादिनः ॥
रथानाम् अर्बुदं चापि पादाता बहवस् तथा ॥
प्रमीयमाणम् आरब्धं पच्यमानं तथैव च ॥
विसृज्यमानं चान्यत्र पुण्याहस्वन एव च ॥
नाभुक्तवन्तं नाहृष्टं नासुभिक्षं कथं चन ॥
अपश्यं सर्ववर्णानां युधिष्ठिरनिवेशने ॥
bhṛtyās tu ye pāṇḍavānāṃ tāṃs te vakṣyāmi bhārata ||
yeṣām āmaṃ ca pakvaṃ ca saṃvidhatte yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
ayutaṃ trīṇi padmāni gajārohāḥ sasādinaḥ ||
rathānām arbudaṃ cāpi pādātā bahavas tathā ||
pramīyamāṇam ārabdhaṃ pacyamānaṃ tathaiva ca ||
visṛjyamānaṃ cānyatra puṇyāhasvana eva ca ||
nābhuktavantaṃ nāhṛṣṭaṃ nāsubhikṣaṃ kathaṃ cana ||
apaśyaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ yudhiṣṭhiraniveśane ||
"And I will name for you, O Bharata, the servants of the Pandavas — those for whom Yudhishthira provides raw and cooked food: ten thousand and three padmas of elephant-drivers with riders, an arbuda of chariots, and a multitude of foot-soldiers. [Everywhere I saw] food being measured out, begun for cooking, being cooked, and being distributed, and the sound of 'punyaha'; and not one person unfed, not one unhappy, not the slightest want did I see among people of all varnas in the abode of Yudhishthira."
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Unwittingly, the envious man bears witness to the ideal of a righteous kingdom: 'not one unfed, not one unhappy, not the slightest want.' It is telling that Duryodhana, wishing only to inflame his own envy, paints a picture of perfect prosperity: under a righteous king, all classes are fed and content. The verse teaches what constitutes good governance — not the glitter of a treasury, but the absence of hunger and sorrow under a king's hand. And the ceaseless sound of 'punyaha' shows that abundance there is sanctified, not squandered. Thus from the mouth of an enemy comes praise of dharmic order: even envy, against its own will, proclaims how blessed is a world governed by a righteous man.