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Duryodhana

दुर्योधन

Also known as सुयोधन

Duryodhana is a king of the Kuru line, son of Dhritarashtra, and the leading figure on the Kaurava side of the Mahabharata; the Bhagavata also names him Suyodhana. He appears at the opening of the third Skandha as the cause of Vidura's renunciation: in the assembly he insulted Vidura with lips quivering in anger and demanded that he be driven from the city as a maid's son (SB 3.1.14-15). Krishna counselled that he be cast off as an enemy of men, advice Dhritarashtra did not take (SB 3.1.13). SB 3.1.9 calls him kṣata-puṇya-leśa — one whose last remnant of merit was spent — because he would not accept Krishna's nectar-like words in the assembly.

Śrīmad Bhāgavata Mahāpurāṇa 3.1.6 — Sanskrit Wikisource (pinned chapter page; Devanagari from the cross-validated transcription in validation/sanskrit_skandha3.json)