Duryodhan : the eldest son of King Dhṛitarāṣṭra.
... there must have been something more; personal enmities [counted] for something as in the feud cherished by the Trigartas against Arjouna. The Madras disregarded matrimonial ties when they sided with Duryodhan; the Magadhas & Chedies put aside the memory of personal wrongs when they espoused the cause of Yudhisthere. I believe the explanation we must gather from the hints of the Mahabharata is this, that... as he did that the city was full of kings all burning with enmity against him for having deprived them once of their greatness, driven by the fear of him to take refuge Page 295 with Duryodhan and all eager to war against the Pandavas. आशंसते वै धृतराष्ट्रस्य पुत्रो महाराज्यमसपत्नं पृथिव्यां । तस्मिञ्छमः कोवलो नोपलभ्यो बद्धं सन्तं मन्यते लब्धमर्थम् ॥ पर्यस्तेयं पृथिवी कालपक्वा द... should have acted against their sense of right and justice and fought in what they had repeatedly condemned as an unjust cause. If Bhishma, Drona, Kripa, Aswatthaman & Vikarna had plainly intimated to Duryodhan that they would support Yudhisthere with their arms or even that they would stand aloof from the war, it is clear there would have been no war at all. And I cannot but think that had it been a question ...
... other celestial arms. In the meanwhile Duryodhan, not content with sending his cousins to exile, wished to humiliate them still more by appearing before them in all his regal power and splendour. Matters however turned out differently from what he expected, and he became involved in a quarrel with some gandharvas, a class of aerial beings. Duryodhan was taken captive by them and it was the... allowed him to return to his kingdom in peace. This act of generosity rankled in his bosom and deepened his hatred. Jayadratha, king of the Sindhu or Indus country, and a friend and ally of Duryodhan came to the woods, and in the absence of the Pandav brothers carried off Draupadi. The Pandavs however pursued the king, chastised him for his misconduct, and rescued Draupadi. Still more ...
... the Divine be tied down to succeed in all his operations? What if failure suits him better and serves better the ultimate purpose? What if the gentleman in question had to be given his chance as Duryodhan was given his chance when Krishna went to him as ambassador in a last effort to avoid the massacre of Kurukshetra? 55 What rigid primitive notions are these about the Divine! And what about my... × A powerful king, ally of the Kauravas. × Duryodhan was the king of Kauravas who fought against the Pandavas in the great battle of Kurukshetra. × Cf ...
... parents so that mankind might be saved. He saw Shivi hew the flesh from his own limbs to save one small dove from the pursuing falcon; Karna tear his own body with a smile for the joy of making a gift; Duryodhan refuse to yield one inch of earth without noble resistance & warlike struggle. He saw Sita face exile, hardship, privation & danger in the eagerness of wifely love & duty, Savitri rescue by her devotion ...
... sage of Dakshineshwara, also referred to this inexorable law of reaping the consequences of one's actions (karmaphala-bhoga) in his own inimitable style. Let us listen to his narration: Duryodhan had affirmed, "tvayā hṛṣikeśa hṛdisthitena yathā niyukto'smi tathā karomi" - "O Divine, as thou appointest me, being seated in my heart, so I do." Yes, but that is the truth of one side; but there ...
... mother and the father come in, bringing back a smile to every face. Do you think that we were all ideal human beings right from birth, each one a Yudhishthir? Of course neither were we as wicked as Duryodhan or Duhshasan, and so the fights were never bloody! The people here believe that I never had to undergo the burden of pain, error or ignorance. Not at all so. I was like any one of you, someone with ...
... down to succeed in all his operations? What if failure suits him better and Page 476 serves better the ultimate purpose? What if the gentleman in question had to be given his chance as Duryodhan was given his chance when Krishna went to him as ambassador in a last effort to avoid the massacre of Kurukshetra? What rigid primitive notions are these about the Divine! And what about my explanation ...
... the Divine be tied down to succeed in all his operations? What if failure suits him better and serves better the ultimate purpose? What if the gentleman in question had to be given his chance as Duryodhan was given his chance when Krishna went to him as ambassador in a last effort to avoid the massacre of Kurukshetra? What rigid primitive notions are these about the Divine! And what about my explanation ...
... were to reveal Him self people would not believe, they would refuse to acknowledge. Even if the resplendent Divine were to be standing before our very eyes in person people would not accept it. Duryodhan did see Sri Krishna's cosmic form in the assembly of Kauravas. But even after seeing Him with his own eyes he refused to accept Him. Contemptuously he dismissed it as merely illusion or magic. ...
... went out in a mad fury to fight. So his friend had to be sacrificed. Here too Abhimanyu had to be sacrificed in order that the others might join in the fight; and you saw Bhima's gada break Duryodhan's proud thighs and Bhima's hands tear open the chest. I shuddered and said: That, I think, is too much. Particularly Draupadi soaking her hair in Duhshasan's blood! ...
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