वैचित्रवीर्यस् तु नृपो निशम्य विदुरस्य तत् ॥
अब्रवीत् परमप्रीतो दिष्ट्या दिष्ट्येति भारत ॥
मन्यते हि वृतं पुत्रं ज्येष्ठं द्रुपदकन्यया ॥
दुर्योधनम् अविज्ञानात् प्रज्ञाचक्षुर् नरेश्वरः ॥
vaicitravīryas tu nṛpo niśamya vidurasya tat ||
abravīt paramaprīto diṣṭyā diṣṭyeti bhārata ||
manyate hi vṛtaṃ putraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ drupadakanyayā ||
duryodhanam avijñānāt prajñācakṣur nareśvaraḥ ||
"And the king, son of Vichitravirya, having heard this from Vidura, said, greatly delighted: 'By good fortune, by good fortune!', O Bharata; for he thinks that the eldest son — Duryodhana — has been chosen by Drupada's daughter, out of ignorance, that lord of men who 'sees through wisdom' being blind."
d93e552424fc · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:54:01 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here bodily blindness mirrors blindness of heart. It is telling that Dhritarashtra rejoices merely upon imagining that his own son has been chosen: his joy is not about the Pandavas but about Duryodhana, and so is false at its root. Herein lies a lesson: attachment to one's own blinds worse than blindness of the eyes, and one who "sees through wisdom" fails to see the truth because of attachment. Thus scripture reveals the king's double-mindedness; and his "by good fortune" will turn out to be a misunderstanding.