Shloka 88
Śoka-śamana: Kṛṣṇa’s Consolation and Nārada’s Exempla to Sṛñjaya
Chapter 29
“राजा मान्धाता बड़े धर्मात्मा और महामनस्वी थे। युद्धमें इन्द्रके समान शौर्य प्रकट करते थे। यह सारी पृथ्वी एक ही दिनमें उनके अधिकारमें आ गयी थी ।। यश्चाज्ारं तु नृपतिं मरुत्तमसितं गयम् | अड़ू बृहद्र॒थं चैव मान्धाता समरेडजयत्
rājā māndhātā baḍe dharmātmā ca mahāmanasvī āsīt | yuddhe indrasamaṃ śauryaṃ prakaṭayati sma | sā sarvā pṛthivī ekasminn ahani tasya vaśam ājagāma || yaś cājāraṃ tu nṛpatiṃ maruttaṃ asitaṃ gayam | aṇḍū bṛhadrathaṃ caiva māndhātā samare 'jayat ||
Vāyu said: King Māndhātā was profoundly righteous and great-souled. In battle he displayed valor equal to Indra’s. In a single day the whole earth came under his authority. He also defeated in war the kings Marutta, Asita, Gaya, and Bṛhadratha—showing that sovereignty, when grounded in dharma and disciplined power, can subdue even renowned rulers.
वायुदेव उवाच