श्रुता मे जल्पतां तात पौराणाम् अशिवा गिरः ॥
त्वाम् अनादृत्य भीष्मं च पतिम् इच्छन्ति पाण्डवम् ॥
मतम् एतच् च भीष्मस्य न स राज्यं बुभूषति ॥
अस्माकं तु परां पीडां चिकीर्षन्ति पुरे जनाः ॥
पितृतः प्राप्तवान् राज्यं पाण्डुर् आत्मगुणैः पुरा ॥
त्वम् अप्य् अगुणसंयोगात् प्राप्तं राज्यं न लब्धवान् ॥
स एष पाण्डोर् दायाद्यं यदि प्राप्नोति पाण्डवः ॥
तस्य पुत्रो ध्रुवं प्राप्तस् तस्य तस्येति चापरः ॥
śrutā me jalpatāṃ tāta paurāṇām aśivā giraḥ ||
tvām anādṛtya bhīṣmaṃ ca patim icchanti pāṇḍavam ||
matam etac ca bhīṣmasya na sa rājyaṃ bubhūṣati ||
asmākaṃ tu parāṃ pīḍāṃ cikīrṣanti pure janāḥ ||
pitṛtaḥ prāptavān rājyaṃ pāṇḍur ātmaguṇaiḥ purā ||
tvam apy aguṇasaṃyogāt prāptaṃ rājyaṃ na labdhavān ||
sa eṣa pāṇḍor dāyādyaṃ yadi prāpnoti pāṇḍavaḥ ||
tasya putro dhruvaṃ prāptas tasya tasyeti cāparaḥ ||
Duryodhana said: "I have heard, father, the unfriendly words of the chattering citizens; disregarding you and Bhishma, they want the Pandava as their lord. And such is Bhishma's opinion too: he does not wish to rule; while the people in the city intend the greatest harm toward us. Pandu obtained the kingdom from his father, and by his own virtues, long ago; you, however, because of your association with a defect, did not obtain the kingdom that had fallen to you. If this Pandava obtains Pandu's inheritance, then surely his son will follow, and that one's son after him, and so on."
787aecd9b5be · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 4:53:33 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Duryodhana skillfully poisons his father with grievance and fear. Notice how he plays on Dhritarashtra's wound -- his blindness and his being passed over: "you, because of your defect, did not obtain the kingdom" -- reopening the father's old injury. This is the wicked art of instigation: the corrupter does not command, but awakens the hidden grievance and fear of the weak, turning them into his instrument. It is telling that his argument is not about justice but about the succession of power: Duryodhana thinks only of the throne for his own line, not of who rightly holds it by dharma. Here lies the root of adharma: lust for power disguised as concern for one's family. So scripture shows how a son leads his father into sin, fanning in him the very attachment to lineage that once already (at Duryodhana's birth) had destroyed Dhritarashtra's discernment.