SB 3.1.36

Devanāgarī

अपि स्वदोर्भ्यां विजयाच्युताभ्यां धर्मेण धर्म: परिपाति सेतुम् । दुर्योधनोऽतप्यत यत्सभायां साम्राज्यलक्ष्म्या विजयानुवृत्त्या ॥ ३६ ॥

Text

api sva-dorbhyāṁ vijayācyutābhyāṁ dharmeṇa dharmaḥ paripāti setum duryodhano ’tapyata yat-sabhāyāṁ sāmrājya-lakṣmyā vijayānuvṛttyā

Synonyms

api—as also;sva-dorbhyām—own arms;vijaya—Arjuna;acyutā-bhyām—along with Śrī Kṛṣṇa;dharmeṇa—on religious principles;dharmaḥ—King Yudhiṣṭhira;paripāti—maintains;setum—the respect of religion;duryodhanaḥ—Duryodhana;atapyata—envied;yat—whose;sabhāyām—royal assembly;sāmrājya—imperial;lakṣmyā—opulence;vijaya-anuvṛttyā—by the service of Arjuna.

Translation

Also let me inquire whether Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira is now maintaining the kingdom according to religious principles and with respect for the path of religion. Formerly Duryodhana was burning with envy because Yudhiṣṭhira was being protected by the arms of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna as if they were his own arms.

Purport

Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was the emblem of religion. When he was ruling his kingdom with the help of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, the opulence of his kingdom surpassed all imaginations of the opulence of the kingdom of heaven. His actual arms were Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, and thus he surpassed everyone’s opulence. Duryodhana, being envious of this opulence, planned so many schemes to put Yudhiṣṭhira into difficulty, and at last the Battle of Kurukṣetra was brought about. After the Battle of Kurukṣetra, Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira was again able to rule his legitimate kingdom, and he reinstated the principles of honor and respect for religion. That is the beauty of a kingdom ruled by a pious king like Mahārāja Yudhiṣṭhira.

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