Shloka 17
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
तं जित्वा स महाबाहु: प्रययौ दक्षिणापथम् | गुहामासादयामास किष्किन्धां लोकविश्रुताम्,उन्हें जीतकर महाबाहु सहदेव दक्षिणापथकी ओर गये और लोकविख्यात किष्किन्धा नामक गुफामें जा पहुँचे
taṁ jitvā sa mahābāhuḥ prayayau dakṣiṇāpatham | guhām āsādayāmāsa kiṣkindhāṁ lokaviśrutām ||
তেওঁলোকক জয় কৰি মহাবাহু সহদেৱ দক্ষিণাপথে আগবাঢ়িল আৰু লোকবিখ্যাত কিষ্কিন্ধা নামৰ গুহালৈ গৈ উপস্থিত হ’ল।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse supports the ethical-political idea that sovereignty for a major royal rite is established through orderly subjugation and recognition of authority; power is portrayed as legitimate when exercised in service of a dharmic royal purpose rather than mere aggression.
Sahadeva, after defeating a prior opponent, continues the southern campaign and arrives at the celebrated cave-region called Kiṣkindhā, advancing the Pandavas’ wider digvijaya connected with preparations for the Rājasūya.