“From Dharma there does not merely follow happiness; Dharma is itself happiness.”
When, in return for some good deed of ours, we meet with sorrow, or when someone finds pleasure in a wicked deed, the mind surely wonders what the use is of doing good, of walking the path of Dharma. But does a wicked soul ever know true peace? Distrust drives him all his life long.
But does a wicked soul ever know true peace?
Chapter 14 of 35 — a single teaching, 2 min in total.
The Pandavas' history with Duryodhana begins in childhood and is one long record of good faith met badly — the house of lac, the poisoning of Bhima, the invitation to a game that was never a game. Nothing they extend is reciprocated, and the epic is unsentimental about it.
What it does not conclude is that kindness was the mistake. Yudhishthira's willingness to keep negotiating is criticised inside the story by his own family, and the text leaves the argument open rather than settling it.