Vasudana

Duryodhana reports back to his blind father, Dhritarashtra, on the Rajasuya sacrifice of his cousin Yudhishthira. He describes not a ritual, but an empire — a torrent of tribute from every corner of the earth, armies of servants, and a court so opulent it humiliates him with every detail. He concludes with the bitterest fact of all: only their closest allies were exempt from paying.