Shloka 12
Rājasūya-sambhāra: Prosperity under Rājadharma and the Initiation of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Sacrifice
ततो दक्षिणमल्लांश्व भोगवन्तं च पर्वतम् । तरसैवाजयद् भीमो नातितीव्रेण कर्मणा
tato dakṣiṇa-mallānś ca bhogavantaṃ ca parvatam | tarasaivājayad bhīmo nātitīvreṇa karmaṇā |
ヴァイシャンパーヤナは語った。かくしてビーマは、南方のマッラ族と「ボーガヴァト」と呼ばれる山を、ただ力と勢いによって迅速に屈服させ、過度に苛烈な手段に訴えることなく征服を成し遂げた。さらに進軍を続け、バルガ族の主、ニシャーダ族の長、マニマーンら多くの王たちをも配下に収め、無益な残虐ではなく、規律ある効率的な統御によってパーンダヴァの勢威を広げたのである。
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in a campaign of conquest undertaken for royal consolidation, the text highlights restraint: success is praised when achieved efficiently and without needless cruelty (nāti-tīvreṇa karmaṇā), aligning power with a measure of dharmic self-control.
During the Pāṇḍavas’ digvijaya connected with Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya preparations, Bhīma advances through regions, subduing the Southern Mallas and the Bhogavat mountain area swiftly, and bringing additional local rulers and chiefs under Pāṇḍava authority.