सूत उवाच । दशार्णाधिपतेस्तस्य वज्रबाहोर्महाभुजः । बभूव शत्रुर्बलवान्राजा मगधराट् ततः
sūta uvāca | daśārṇādhipatestasya vajrabāhormahābhujaḥ | babhūva śatrurbalavānrājā magadharāṭ tataḥ
قال سوتا: لذلك فجرَباهو عظيم الذراعين، سيد دشارنا، قام حينئذٍ عدوٌّ شديد البأس: ملكُ ماغَدها.
Sūta
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: Courtly scene: Vajrabāhu, lord of Daśārṇa, hears news that the Magadha king has become his powerful enemy; messengers and ministers gather in tense counsel.
Worldly power inevitably meets opposition; a ruler must uphold rājadharma with strength and steadiness when adversity arises.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it introduces a historical-ethical episode centered on kings and dharma.
None; the verse sets the narrative context for a dharmic conflict.