श्रीराजोवाच अजातशत्रोस्तं दृष्ट्वा राजसूयमहोदयम् । सर्वे मुमुदिरे ब्रह्मन् नृदेवा ये समागता: ॥ १ ॥ दुर्योधनं वर्जयित्वा राजान: सर्षय: सुरा: । इति श्रुतं नो भगवंस्तत्र कारणमुच्यताम् ॥ २ ॥
śrī-rājovāca ajāta-śatros tam dṛṣṭvā rājasūya-mahodayam sarve mumudire brahman nṛ-devā ye samāgatāḥ duryodhanaṁ varjayitvā rājānaḥ sarṣayaḥ surāḥ iti śrutaṁ no bhagavaṁs tatra kāraṇam ucyatām
- śrī-rājā uvāca
- the King (Parīkṣit) said
- ajāta-śatroḥ
- of Yudhiṣṭhira, whose enemy was never born
- tam
- that
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- rājasūya
- of the Rājasūya sacrifice
- mahā
- great
- udayam
- the festiveness
- sarve
- all
- mumudire
- were delighted
- brahman
- O brāhmaṇa (Śukadeva)
- nṛ-devāḥ
- the kings
- ye
- who
- samāgatāḥ
- assembled
- duryodhanam
- Duryodhana
- varjayitvā
- excepting
- rājānaḥ
- kings
- sa
- together with
- ṛṣayaḥ
- sages
- surāḥ
- and demigods
- iti
- thus
- śrutam
- heard
- naḥ
- by us
- bhagavan
- my lord
- tatra
- for that
- kāraṇam
- the reason
- ucyatām
- please speak
Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: O brāhmaṇa, according to what I have heard from you, all the assembled kings, sages and demigods were delighted to see the wonderful festivities of King Ajātaśatru’s Rājasūya sacrifice, with the sole exception of Duryodhana. Please tell me why this was so, my lord.