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 ||
ਹੇ ਨ੍ਰਿਪਸ਼੍ਰੇਸ਼ਠ! ਭਾਗਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮਹਾਬਲੀ ਭੀਮਸੇਨ ਨੇ ਜਰਾਸੰਧ ਨੂੰ ਢਾਹ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਅਤੇ ਰਾਜਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਉਸ ਦੇ ਬੰਧਨ ਤੋਂ ਛੁਡਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ।
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.