Vaisampayana said,—­“That bull among men, Duryodhana, continued to dwell in that, assembly house (of the Pandavas).  And with Sakuni, the Kuru prince slowly examined the whole of that mansion, and the Kuru prince beheld in it many celestial designs, which he had never seen before in the city called after the elephant (Hastinapore).  And one day king Duryodhana in going round that mansion came upon a crystal surface.  And the king, from ignorance, mistaking it for a pool of water, drew up his clothes.  And afterwards finding out his mistake the king wandered about the mansion in great sorrow.  And sometime after, the king, mistaking a lake of crystal water adorned with lotuses of crystal petals for land, fell into it with all his clothes on.  Beholding Duryodhana fallen into the lake, the mighty Bhima laughed aloud as also the menials of the palace.  And the servants, at the command of the king, soon brought him dry and handsome clothes.  Beholding the plight of Duryodhana, the mighty Bhima and Arjuna and both the twins—­all laughed aloud.  Being unused to putting up with insults, Duryodhana could not bear that laugh of theirs.  Concealing his emotions he even did not cast his looks on them.  And beholding the monarch once more draw up his clothes to cross a piece of dry land which he had mistaken for water, they all laughed again.  And the king sometime after mistook a closed door made of crystal as open.  And as he was about to pass through it his head struck against it, and he stood with his brain reeling.  And mistaking as closed another door made of crystal that was really open, the king in attempting to open it with stretched hands, tumbled down.  And coming upon another door that was really open, the king thinking it as closed, went away from it.  And, O monarch, king Duryodhana beholding that vast wealth in the Rajasuya sacrifice and having become the victim of those numerous errors within the assembly house at last returned, with the leave of the Pandavas, to Hastinapore.

And the heart of king Duryodhana, afflicted at sight of the prosperity of the Pandavas, became inclined to sin, as he proceeded towards his city reflecting on all he had seen and suffered.  And beholding the Pandavas happy and all the kings of the earth paying homage to them, as also everybody, young and old, engaged in doing good unto them, and reflecting also on the splendour and prosperity of the illustrious sons of Pandu, Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra, became pale.  In proceeding (to his city) with an efflicted heart, the prince thought of nothing else but that assembly house and that unrivalled prosperity of the wise Yudhishthira.  And Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra, was so taken up with his thoughts then that he spoke not a word to Suvala’s son even though the latter addressed him repeatedly.  And Sakuni, beholding him absent-minded, said,—­’O Duryodhana, why art thou proceeding thus’?