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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.3.13
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 13
- sa karṇa-duḥśāsana-saubalānāṁ
- kumantra-pākena hata-śriyāyuṣam
- suyodhanaṁ sānucaraṁ śayānaṁ
- bhagnorum ūrvyāṁ na nananda paśyan
saḥHe (the Lord) — He (the Lord); karṇaKarṇa — Karṇa; duḥśāsanaDuḥśāsana — Duḥśāsana; saubalānāmSaubala — Saubala; kumantraby the intricacy of ill advice-pākenaby the intricacy of ill advice — by the intricacy of ill advice; hatabereft of fortune-śriyabereft of fortune — bereft of fortune; āyuṣamduration of life — duration of life; suyodhanamDuryodhana — Duryodhana; sawith followers-anucaramwith followers — with followers; śayānamlying down — lying down; bhagnabroken — broken; ūrumthighs — thighs; ūrvyāmvery powerful — very powerful; nadid not — did not; nanandatake pleasure — take pleasure; paśyanseeing like that — seeing like that.
Duryodhana was bereft of his fortune and duration of life because of the intricacy of ill advice given by Karṇa, Duḥśāsana and Saubala. When he lay on the ground with his followers, his thighs broken although he was powerful, the Lord was not happy to see the scene.
The fall of Duryodhana, the leading son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, was not pleasing to the Lord, although He was on the side of Arjuna and it was He who advised Bhīma how to break the thighs of Duryodhana while the fight was going on. The Lord is constrained to award punishment upon the wrongdoer, but He is not happy to award such punishments because the living entities are originally His parts and parcels. He is harder than the thunderbolt for the wrongdoer and softer than the rose for the faithful. The wrongdoer is misled by bad associates and by ill advice, which is against the established principles of the Lord's order, and thus he becomes subject to punishment. The surest path to happiness is to live by the principles laid down by the Lord and not disobey His established laws, which are enacted in the Vedas and the Purāṇas for the forgetful living entities.