Shloka 12
Virāṭa-parva Adhyāya 33 — Kuru Cattle-Raid and Matsya Mobilization (भूमिंजय-प्रेरणा)
मत्स्यराज: परामृष्ट स्त्रिगर्तेन सुशर्मणा । तं मोचय महाबाहो न गच्छेद् द्विषतां वशम्,“महाबाहो! त्रिगर्तराज सुशर्माने मत्स्यराजको पकड़ लिया है। उन्हें शीघ्र छुड़ाओ; जिससे वे शत्रुओंके वशमें न पड़ जायँ
matsyarājaḥ parāmṛṣṭaḥ strigartena suśarmaṇā | taṃ mocaya mahābāho na gacched dviṣatāṃ vaśam ||
ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယန မိန့်ကြားသည်– “မတ်စျယဘုရင်သည် ထရီဂါရ္တဘုရင် ဆုရှර්မာ၏ လက်ထဲတွင် ဖမ်းဆီးခံထားရပြီ။ မဟာလက်တံရှိသူရေ၊ ချက်ချင်း ကယ်တင်လော့—ရန်သူတို့၏ အာဏာအောက်သို့ မကျရောက်စေပါနှင့်။”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
A kṣatriya’s dharma includes swift protection of an ally and preventing a righteous king from being humiliated or subjugated by enemies; delay in such rescue is treated as a moral and political failure.
In the Virāṭa episode, the Matsya king has been captured by Suśarman of the Trigartas; the speaker urges the addressed hero to free the king immediately so he does not remain in enemy control.