Duryodhana, Dhritarastra’s eldest son, who grew up in constant company with his cousins, was beginning to feel irritated by the supremacy that ruined his youthful games; there was no sport in which the best among them was not one of the Pandavas.
Then, little by little, out of irritation came envy and then resentment. It should not be forgotten that if Yudhisthira had been born a year later, or if the Pandavas had never returned to Hastinapura, he would have inherited the throne of Bharata. The idea of not being able to become king increasingly annoyed the young man, who at that age, was already beginning to give importance to his future.
Envy became burning, especially towards Bhima who, in his youthful innocence, did not miss any opportunity to humiliate him in front of everyone. Especially in the fight, thanks to his superhuman strength, Bhima regularly defeated him. Duryodhana could not help but remember the past times, when the cousins had not yet arrived and he was the object of the attentions of all the people in the court. Now everyone spoke about them and praised them constantly. During that time, the young man suffered a lot.
This is a section of the book “Maha-Bharata As It Is vol. 1 of 2”.
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