Shloka 86
समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः
Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī
सम्भवो जतुवेश्माख्यं हिडिम्बबकयोर्वध: । तथा चैत्रर॒थं देव्या: पाज्चाल्याश्व॒ स्वयंवर:
Sambhavo jatuveśmākhyam Hiḍimbabakayor vadhaḥ | tathā Caitrarathaṃ devyāḥ Pāñcālyāś ca svayaṃvaraḥ ||
সম্ভব, ‘জতু-বেশ্ম’ (লাক্ষাগৃহ) নামে প্রসঙ্গ, হিডিম্ব ও বকের বধ; তদ্রূপ চৈত্ররথের ঘটনা এবং দেবী পাঞ্চালীর স্বয়ংবর—এসব (আদিপর্বে) বর্ণিত।
राम उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharma in action through key episodes: resisting deceit and safeguarding life (the lac-house plot), removing predatory threats to society (slaying man-eaters), and upholding orderly, publicly sanctioned choice and alliance (svayaṃvara). Together they frame heroism as protection, restraint, and responsibility rather than mere violence.
Rama enumerates major well-known episodes: the beginnings (birth/origin accounts), the ‘House of Lac’ incident, the killings of Hiḍimba and Baka, the Caitraratha episode, and Pāñcālī (Draupadī)’s svayaṃvara—functioning as a compact list of prominent events within the epic’s early narrative.