Shloka 9
Rājasūya-sambhāra: Prosperity under Rājadharma and the Initiation of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Sacrifice
अनघानभयांश्रैव पशुभूमिं च सर्वश: । निवृत्य च महाबाहुर्मदधारं महीधरम्
anaghān abhayāṁś caiva paśubhūmiṁ ca sarvaśaḥ | nivṛtya ca mahābāhur madadhāraṁ mahīdharam || tatpaścāt mahātejasvī kuntīkumaras (bhīmaḥ) matsyān mahābalī maladān anaghān abhayān nāma deśān jitvā paśubhūmim api sarvato jitavān | tataḥ nivṛtya mahābāhur bhīmo madadhāraṁ mahīdharaṁ somadheyanivāsinaś ca parājitya | tataḥ paraṁ balavān bhīma uttaram abhīmukho yātrāṁ kṛtvā vatsabhūmau balāt svāmitvam akarot |
Waiśampāyana berkata: Bhīma, putra Kuntī yang berlengan perkasa, menaklukkan wilayah Anagha dan Abhaya, serta menundukkan Paśubhūmi dari segala penjuru. Setelah kembali, ia mengalahkan Gunung Madadhāra dan para penghuni Somadheya. Sesudah itu Bhīma yang kuat berarak ke utara dan, dengan kekuatan senjata, menegakkan kekuasaannya atas Vatsabhūmi.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the kṣatriya ideal of establishing sovereignty through successful campaigns, yet it also hints at an ethical tension: political order and legitimacy are pursued through coercive conquest, raising questions about when force serves dharma and when it merely expands power.
Vaiśampāyana narrates Bhīma’s sequence of victories during a campaign: he subdues Anagha and Abhaya, conquers Paśubhūmi, returns to defeat the Madadhāra mountain region and the Somadheya inhabitants, then turns north and takes control of Vatsabhūmi.