SECTION XLVI
(Dyuta Parva Continued)
Vaisampayana said,--"That bull among men,
Duryodhana, continued to dwell in that, assembly house (of the Pandavas). And
with Sakuni, the Kuru prince slowly examined the whole of that mansion, and the
Kuru prince beheld in it many celestial designs, which he had never seen before
in the city called after the elephant (Hastinapore). And one day king
Duryodhana in going round that mansion came upon a crystal surface. And the
king, from ignorance, mistaking it for a pool of water, drew up his clothes.
And afterwards finding out his mistake the king wandered about the mansion in
great sorrow. And sometime after, the king, mistaking a lake of crystal water
adorned with lotuses of crystal petals for land, fell into it with all his
clothes on. Beholding Duryodhana fallen into the lake, the mighty Bhima laughed
aloud as also the menials of the palace. And the servants, at the command of
the king, soon brought him dry and handsome clothes. Beholding the plight of
Duryodhana, the mighty Bhima and Arjuna and both the twins--all laughed aloud.
Being unused to putting up with insults, Duryodhana could not bear that laugh
of theirs. Concealing his emotions he even did not cast his looks on them. And
beholding the monarch once more draw up his clothes to cross a piece of dry land
which he had mistaken for water, they all laughed again. And the king sometime
after mistook a closed door made of crystal as open. And as he was about to
pass through it his head struck against it, and he stood with his brain
reeling. And mistaking as closed another door made of crystal that was really
open, the king in attempting to open it with stretched hands, tumbled down. And
coming upon another door that was really open, the king thinking it as closed,
went away from it. And, O monarch, king Duryodhana beholding that vast wealth
in the Rajasuya sacrifice and having become the victim of those numerous errors
within the assembly house at last returned, with the leave of the Pandavas, to
Hastinapore.
And the heart of king Duryodhana, afflicted at sight
of the prosperity of the Pandavas, became inclined to sin, as he proceeded
towards his city reflecting on all he had seen and suffered. And beholding the
Pandavas happy and all the kings of the earth paying homage to them, as also
everybody, young and old, engaged in doing good unto them, and reflecting also
on the splendour and prosperity of the illustrious sons of Pandu, Duryodhana,
the son of Dhritarashtra, became pale. In proceeding (to his city) with an
efflicted heart, the prince thought of nothing else but that assembly house and
that unrivalled prosperity of the wise Yudhishthira. And Duryodhana, the son of
Dhritarashtra, was so taken up with his thoughts then that he spoke not a word
to Suvala's son even though the latter addressed him repeatedly. And Sakuni,
beholding him absent-minded, said,--'O Duryodhana, why art thou proceeding
thus'?
"Duryodhana replied,--O uncle, beholding
this whole earth owning the sway of Yudhishthira in consequence of the might of
the illustrious Arjuna's weapons and beholding also that sacrifice of the son
of Pritha like unto the sacrifice of Sakra himself of great glory among the
celestials, I, being filled with jealousy and burning day and night, am being
dried up like a shallow tank in the summer season. Behold, when Sisupala was
slain by the chief of the Satwatas, there was no man to take the side of
Sisupala. Consumed by the fire of the Pandava, they all forgave that offence;
otherwise who is there that could forgive it? That highly improper act of grave
consequence done by Vasudeva succeeded in consequence of the power of the
illustrious son of Pandu. And so many monarchs also brought with them various
kinds of wealth for king Yudhishthira, the son of Kunti, like tribute-paying
Vaisyas! Beholding Yudhishthira's prosperity of such splendour, my heart
burneth, efflicted with jealously, although it behoveth me not to be jealous.'
"Having reflected in this way, Duryodhana,
as if burnt by fire, addressed the king of Gandhara again and said,--'I shall
throw myself upon a flaming fire or swallow poison or drown myself in water. I
cannot live. What man is there in the world possessed of vigour who can bear to
see his foes in the enjoyment of prosperity and himself in destitution?
Therefore I who bear to see that accession of prosperity and fortune (in my
foes) am neither a woman nor one that is not a woman, neither also a man nor
one that is not a man. Beholding their sovereignty over the world and vast
affluence, as also that sacrifice, who is there like me that would not smart
under all that? Alone I am incapable of acquiring such royal prosperity; nor do
I behold allies that could help me in the matter. It is for this that I am
thinking of self-destruction. Beholding that great and serene prosperity of the
son of Kunti, I regard Fate as supreme and exertions fruitless. O son of
Suvala, formerly I strove to compass his destruction. But baffling all my
efforts he hath grown in prosperity even like the lotus from within a pool of
water. It is for this that I regard Fate as supreme and exertions fruitless.
Behold, the sons of Dhritarashtra are decaying and the sons of Pritha are
growing day by day. Beholding that prosperity of the Pandavas, and that
assembly house of theirs, and those menials laughing at me, my heart burneth as
if it were on fire. Therefore, O uncle, know me now as deeply grieved and
filled with jealousy, and speak of it to Dhritarashtra.
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