Shloka 25
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 113 — Maryādā-sthāpana (Śvetaketu’s Boundary) and the Niyoga Deliberation of Pāṇḍu and Kuntī
पूर्वमागस्कृतो गत्वा दशार्णा: समरे जिता: । पाण्डुना नरसिंहेन कौरवाणां यशोभूता,कौरवकुलके सुयशको बढ़ानेवाले, मनुष्योंमें सिंहके समान पराक्रमी राजा पाण्डुने सबसे पहले पूर्वके अपराधी दशार्णोंपर- धावा करके उन्हें युद्धमें परास्त किया
pūrvam āgaskṛto gatvā daśārṇāḥ samare jitāḥ | pāṇḍunā narasiṃhena kauravāṇāṃ yaśobhūtāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Earlier, the Daśārṇas—who had committed an offense—were approached and then defeated in battle by Pāṇḍu, the lion among men. This victory became a source of fame and renown for the Kuru line.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a royal ethic where wrongdoing invites decisive response, and where a king’s valor in restoring order becomes ‘yaśas’ (renown) for his lineage. It frames martial success not merely as conquest but as the public establishment of authority and reputation.
Vaiśampāyana recounts an earlier campaign: King Pāṇḍu, praised as a ‘lion among men,’ advances against the Daśārṇas—described as offenders—and defeats them in battle, thereby increasing the fame of the Kuru/Kaurava line.