An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s9.275

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[Maitreya-cāpa(ḥ)] ("the curse of Maitreya"). § 315 (Āraṇyak.). Vyāsa said that the ṛṣi Maitreya would admonish Duryodhana. Maitreya came, having on a tīrthayātrā arrived at Kurujaṅgala, and having visited Yudhiṣṭhira in the Kāmyaka wood. As Maitreya advised Duryodhana to make peace with the Pāṇḍavas now that Bhīma had slain Kirmira, etc., Duryodhana gave him a slight by slapping his thigh and scratching the ground with his foot. Therefore Maitreya cursed him, saying that Bhīma should smash that thigh of his with his mace; this curse, however, should not take effect if he made peace with the Pāṇḍavas. Dhṛtarāṣṭra wished to hear about the death of Kirmira, but Maitreya would not speak again to him, because his words were not regarded by Duryodhana; saying that Vidura would relate it to him, he went away. Duryodhana went out perturbed. (III, 10.)