Shloka 19
Rājasūya-sambhāra: Prosperity under Rājadharma and the Initiation of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Sacrifice
स कम्पयन्निव महीं बलेन चतुरज्लिणा । युयुधे पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ: कर्णेनामित्रघातिना,वहाँ जरासंधकुमार सहदेवको सान्त्वना देकर उसे कर देनेकी शर्तपर उसी राज्यपर प्रतिष्ठित कर दिया और उन सबके साथ बलवान भीमने कर्णपर चढ़ाई की। पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ भीमने पृथ्वीको कम्पित-सी करते हुए चतुरंगिणी सेना साथ ले शत्रुघाती कर्णके साथ युद्ध छेड़ दिया। भारत! उस युद्धमें कर्णको परास्त करके अपने वशमें कर लेनेके पश्चात् बलवान् भीमने पर्वतीय राजाओंपर विजय प्राप्त की। तदनन्तर पाण्डुनन्दन भीमसेनने मोदागिरिके अत्यन्त बलिष्ठ राजाको अपनी भुजाओंके बलसे महासमरमें मार गिराया
sa kampayann iva mahīṁ balena caturaṅgiṇā | yuyudhe pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ karṇenāmitraghātinā ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Then Bhīma, the foremost of the Pāṇḍavas, advanced with his fourfold army, as though making the earth tremble by his might, and engaged in battle with Karṇa, the slayer of foes.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal that martial strength is exercised in an ordered, public arena (battle with an army), aiming at establishing control and political order rather than mere personal violence; it frames warfare as a consequential act tied to sovereignty and allegiance.
Bhīma, leading a fourfold army, advances with such force that it is likened to shaking the earth, and he begins fighting Karṇa, described as a formidable slayer of enemies.