Shloka 14
Adhyāya 32: Rājasūya-Dīkṣā and Appointment of Court Offices (राजसूयदीक्षा तथा अधिकारविनियोगः)
स चास्य गतभी राजन् प्रतिजग्राह शासनम् | तत: शाकलमभ्येत्य मद्राणां पुटभेदनम्,मातुलं प्रीतिपूर्वेण शल्यं चक्रे वशे बली । राजन! उन्होंने केवल प्रेमके कारण नकुलका शासन स्वीकार कर लिया। इसके बाद शाकलदेशको जीतकर बलवान् नकुलने मद्रदेशकी राजधानीमें प्रवेश किया और वहाँके शासक अपने मामा शल्यको प्रेमसे ही वशमें कर लिया
sa cāsya gatabhī rājan pratijagrāha śāsanam | tataḥ śākalam abhyetya madrāṇāṃ puṭabhedanam mātulaṃ prītipūrveṇa śalyaṃ cakre vaśe balī |
ରାଜନ୍! ସେ ଭୟମୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ନକୁଳଙ୍କ ଆଜ୍ଞା ଗ୍ରହଣ କଲେ। ପରେ ଶାକଲକୁ ଜୟ କରି ବଳବାନ୍ ନକୁଳ ମଦ୍ରମାନଙ୍କ ରାଜଧାନୀ ପୁଟଭେଦନରେ ପ୍ରବେଶ କଲେ ଏବଂ ସେଠାରେ କେବଳ ପ୍ରୀତିବଶେ ନିଜ ମାତୁଳ ଶଲ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ବଶ କଲେ।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Authority can be established not only through coercion but also through fearlessness, goodwill, and respectful kinship ties; voluntary acceptance and affectionate diplomacy are presented as ethically preferable means of securing political order.
Nakula accepts the given command, advances to Śākala, then enters Puṭabhedana (the Madra capital) and brings Śalya—his maternal uncle—into subordination through affection, indicating a blend of conquest and conciliatory alliance.