When he realized that the Pandavas had become very powerful and wealthy due to their alliance
with Drupada, the father of Draupadi and the king of Panchal, he feared that
they might attack and defet him. So he decided to give them half of the
kingdom, but once again, due to his envious nature, he tried to cheat them by
offering them the barren part of the Kuru kingdom, called Khandavaprastha.
But, by
the mercy of Lord Krishna, that desolate land was miraculously transformed, in
no time, into the great city Indraprastha. Indraprastha was a magnificent and
opulent city filled with learned brahmanas, chivalrous sudras. All the subjects
were living a very happy god-centered life in accordance with the Vedic scriptures.
All the cows, women, old men, children and brahmanas were protected. The mellifluous chanting of
auspicious Vedic mantras could be heard everywhere in the city. And Mayadanava
constructed the Mayasabha, a gorgeous mansion akin to a heavenly abode, for the
Pandavas. When Duryodhana heard about the opulence of the Pandavas, he just
could not stand it. In fact, the very thought that he was now the emperor of
the world caused him indescribable agony. He felt that position was his
exclusive birthright and that the pandavas had unlawfully usurped his position.
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