Shloka 12
स विजित्य महीं कृत्स्नामानृण्यं प्राप्य वैरिषु । नि:ःसपत्न: सुखी राजा विजहार युधिष्ठिर:
sa vijitya mahīṁ kṛtsnām ānṛṇyaṁ prāpya vairiṣu | niḥsapatnaḥ sukhī rājā vijahāra yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
വൈശമ്പായനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—സകല ഭൂമിയും ജയിച്ച്, ശത്രുക്കളോടുള്ള തന്റെ കടപ്പാട് തീർത്ത ശേഷം, എതിരാളികളില്ലാത്ത സുഖിയായ രാജാവ് യുധിഷ്ഠിരൻ സമാധാനത്തോടെ കാലം കഴിച്ചു.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links rightful sovereignty with ethical closure: victory is not complete until one becomes ānṛṇya—free from outstanding obligations and moral debts, even in relation to enemies—so that peace and legitimacy can follow.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Yudhiṣṭhira, after securing dominion over the whole realm and settling what was due in the aftermath of conflict, became unrivaled and lived as a contented king in a period of stability.