[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c5.1196 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1196 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1196 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1196) 8) \*Curse of Maitreya.\* The Pāṇḍavas entered the Kāmyaka forest where they were welcomed by the sages. Among them Maitreya whom the misfortune of the Pāṇḍavas affected much started for Hastināpura for peace parleys. Vidura advised Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Maitreya's proposals should be respected lest he should curse the King. Dhṛtarāṣṭra and Duryodhana received the sage with respect. And, the sage asked them to recall the Pāṇḍavas from the forest and live on friendly terms with them. Duryodhana did not in any manner respond to the advice of the sage, but stood there absolutely mum tapping his thigh with his fingers and making drawings with the fingers of his feet on the ground. This the sage interpreted as an insult to him. He stood up ablaze with anger and cursed Duryodhana thus: "You will, sooner than later reap the consequences of your false pride; your cruelty will invite terrible war, and in the fight Bhīma will rend asunder your thigh, which you struck with your fingers just now." - [Previous: c5.1195](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1195) - [Next: c5.1197](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1197) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1196](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1196) · Pramāṇa