Shloka 3
नकुलस्य प्रतीची-दिग्विजयः
Nakula’s Conquest of the Western Quarter
स गत्वा नरशार्दूल: पज्चालानां पुरं महत्,महता बलचक्रेण परराष्ट्रावमर्दिना । हस्त्यश्वरथपूर्णेन दंशितेन प्रतापवान् २ ।।
sa gatvā naraśārdūlaḥ pāñcālānāṃ puraṃ mahat, mahatā balacakreṇa pararāṣṭrāvamardinā | hasty-aśva-ratha-pūrṇena daṃśitena pratāpavān || vṛto bharataśārdūlo dviṣac-choka-vivardhanaḥ |
Vaiśampāyana sprach: Jener Tiger unter den Menschen brach auf und erreichte die große Stadt der Pāñcālas, begleitet von einem weiten Heer, einem Kriegsrad gleich, das feindliche Reiche zermalmte. Der mächtige Kämpfer—dessen Truppen von Elefanten, Pferden und Streitwagen wimmelten und mit Rüstungen versehen waren—schritt als erlesenster Spross der Bhāratas voran und mehrte den Gram seiner Feinde.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames martial strength as ethically situated within kṣatriya-dharma: force is portrayed as rightful when organized, disciplined, and exercised under legitimate royal direction to establish or protect political order.
Vaiśampāyana describes a heroic leader advancing to the great city of the Pāñcālas with a massive, well-equipped army—elephants, horses, and chariots—capable of subduing enemy realms and causing grief to opponents.