Duryodhana in Heaven
स्वर्ग में दुर्योधन
Even Yudhishthira, the king of dharma, was shown hell, while Duryodhana sat in heaven.
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Even Dharmaraja Yudhishthira was shown hell, and Duryodhana was sitting in heaven.
धर्मराज युधिष्ठिर को भी नरक दिखाया गया, और दुर्योधन स्वर्ग में बैठा था।
Duryodhana in Heaven.
स्वर्ग में दुर्योधन।
His brothers and Draupadi fell on the way. Yudhishthira reached heaven alone, and in front of him was Duryodhana.
भाई और द्रौपदी रास्ते में गिर गए, अकेले युधिष्ठिर स्वर्ग पहुँचे, और सामने था दुर्योधन।
Yudhishthira turned away in anger: I do not want heaven with this greedy man.
युधिष्ठिर गुस्से से मुड़ गए, इस लालची के साथ मुझे स्वर्ग नहीं चाहिए।
Narada laughed: Duryodhana was not afraid in battle, so he is here.
नारद हँसे, दुर्योधन युद्ध में डरा नहीं, इसलिए यहाँ है।
Where are my brothers? Where they are, there is my heaven.
मेरे भाई कहाँ हैं? जहाँ वो, वहीं मेरा स्वर्ग।
A messenger of the gods led him, through darkness and corpses.
देवदूत उन्हें ले चला, अंधेरे और लाशों के बीच।
He began to turn back, and then voices came: stay, while you are here, our pain stops.
वो लौटने लगे, तभी आवाज़ें आईं, रुको, तुम्हारे रहने से हमारी पीड़ा थमती है।
I am Karna, I am Bhima, I am Arjuna, I am Draupadi.
मैं कर्ण, मैं भीम, मैं अर्जुन, मैं द्रौपदी।
Yudhishthira said: I will stay right here, near my brothers.
युधिष्ठिर बोले, मैं यहीं रहूँगा, मेरे भाइयों के पास।
Within a muhurta, Indra came, the darkness vanished, and he said: you deceived Drona.
एक मुहूर्त में इंद्र आए, अंधेरा गायब, बोले, तुमने द्रोण को धोखा दिया था।
In the war, an elephant named Ashvatthama had died. Yudhishthira said aloud, Ashvatthama is dead, and softly, the elephant.
युद्ध में अश्वत्थामा नाम का हाथी मरा था, युधिष्ठिर ने ज़ोर से कहा, अश्वत्थामा मारा गया, और धीरे से, हाथी।
So he too was shown a false hell, by a trick.
इसलिए उन्हें भी छल से, नकली नरक दिखाया गया।
And Indra's rule: the one with more sins enjoys heaven first.
और इंद्र का नियम, जिसके पाप ज़्यादा हों, वो स्वर्ग पहले भोगता है।
Duryodhana's heaven: a reward, or only the first turn? Comment.
दुर्योधन का स्वर्ग, इनाम था या पहली बारी? कमेंट करें।
Sources
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Mahaprasthanika Parva 17.2.3-18, 17.3.3, 17.3.21; Ganguli translation, sections 2-3Draupadi and four brothers fall; Yudhishthira goes to heaven in his own body.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.1.4-7; Ganguli translation, section 1Duryodhana blazes on a seat; Yudhishthira turns away from the greedy man.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.1.11, 18.1.15; Ganguli translation, section 1Narada, as if laughing: Duryodhana won this place by fearlessness in war.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.2.12; Ganguli translation, section 2Where my brothers are, that is my heaven.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.2.14-20; Ganguli translation, section 2A messenger of the gods leads him through darkness and corpses.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.2.30-35, 18.2.39-41; Ganguli translation, section 2Voices beg him to stay; Karna, Bhima, Arjuna and Draupadi name themselves.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.2.51-52; Ganguli translation, section 2Yudhishthira stays, because his brothers are happy while he is there.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.3.1-4, 18.3.14; Ganguli translation, section 3Indra comes after a muhurta; for deceiving Drona, he was shown hell by deceit.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Drona Parva 7.164.72-73, 7.164.101-102, 7.164.106; Ganguli translation, Drona Parva section 191Elephant Ashvatthama killed. The loud 'Ashvatthama is dead' is in Ganguli, not the Critical Edition.
- Mahabharata, Critical Edition, Svargarohanika Parva 18.3.13, 18.3.34; Ganguli translation, section 3The hell was Indra's illusion; the one with many sins enjoys heaven first.