Shloka 47
अर्जुनस्योत्तरदिग्विजयः
Arjuna’s Northern Conquests and Tribute Collection
दिष्ट्या भीमेन बलवाञ्जरासंधो निपातित: । राजानो मोक्षिताश्वैव बन्धनान्नपसत्तम,“नृपश्रेष्ठ सौभाग्यकी बात है कि महाबली भीमसेनने जरासंधको मार गिराया और समस्त राजाओंको उसकी कैदसे छुड़ा दिया
diṣṭyā bhīmena balavān jarāsaṃdho nipātitaḥ | rājāno mokṣitāś caiva bandhanān nṛpasattama ||
നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! ദൈവാനുഗ്രഹത്താൽ മഹാബലവാനായ ഭീമസേനൻ ജരാസന്ധനെ വീഴ്ത്തി; രാജാക്കളെയും അവന്റെ ബന്ധനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിപ്പിച്ചു.
सहदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights righteous kingship and political ethics: oppressive power that imprisons other rulers is to be ended, and restoring freedom to the unjustly bound is presented as an auspicious, dharma-aligned outcome.
Sahadeva reports to the king that Bhīma has slain Jarāsandha and that the many kings Jarāsandha had kept imprisoned have been liberated from captivity.