They would flock
together and argue:
"Dhritarashtra could never be king for he was born blind. It is not proper that he
should now hold the kingdom in his hands.
Bhishma cannot be king either, because he is devoted to truth and to his vow that he would
not be a king. HenceYudhishthira alone should be
crowned as king. He alone can rule the Kuru race and the kingdom with justice." Thus
people talked everywhere. These words were poison to Duryodhana's ears, and made him
writhe and bum with jealousy.
He went to Dhritarashtra and complained bitterly of the public
talk: "Father, the citizens babble irrelevant nonsense. They have no respect even for
such venerable persons as Bhishma and yourself.
They say that Yudhishthira should be immediately crowned king.
This would bring disaster on us. You were set aside because of your blindness, and your
brother became the king. If Yudhishthira is to succeed his father, where do we come? What
chance has our progeny? |
