Shloka 19
नकुलस्य प्रतीची-दिग्विजयः
Nakula’s Conquest of the Western Quarter
महता बलचक्रेण परराष्ट्रावमर्दिना । हस्त्यश्वरथपूर्णेन दंशितेन प्रतापवान् २ ।।
vaiśampāyana uvāca |
mahatā balacakreṇa pararāṣṭrāvamardinā |
hasty-aśva-ratha-pūrṇena daṃśitena pratāpavān ||
vṛto bharataśārṭūlo dviṣac-choka-vivardhanaḥ ||
वैशंपायन म्हणाले—शत्रुराज्ये चिरडणाऱ्या, हत्ती-घोडे-रथांनी परिपूर्ण व कवचास्त्रांनी सुसज्ज अशा महाबलचक्राने वेढला जाऊन, भरतवंशातील व्याघ्र व शत्रूंचा शोक वाढविणारा महाप्रतापी भिमसेन धर्मराजाची आज्ञा घेऊन पूर्व दिशेच्या विजयासाठी प्रस्थान झाला।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined force under legitimate authority: military power is portrayed as effective and overwhelming, yet its ethical framing comes from acting under the king’s command (a rajadharma context) rather than personal impulse.
Vaiśampāyana describes a leading Bharata hero departing with a fully equipped, elephant-horse-chariot-filled army to subdue enemy realms—specifically as part of a campaign to conquer a direction (the eastern quarter in the surrounding narrative).