Shloka 61
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
निजग्राह महाबाहुस्तरसा पौरवेश्वरम् । आकृतिं कौशिकाचार्य यत्नेन महता तत:
nijagrāha mahābāhus tarasā pauraveśvaram | ākṛtiṁ kauśikācārya yatnena mahatā tataḥ ||
ਤਦ ਮਹਾਬਾਹੂ ਨੇ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਪੌਰਵੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਨੂੰ ਫੜ ਲਿਆ। ਫਿਰ ਵੱਡੇ ਯਤਨ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕੌਸ਼ਿਕਾਚਾਰਯ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਿਸ਼੍ਯ ਆਕ੍ਰਿਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਵਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਰ ਲਿਆ।
सहदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power is ethically meaningful when used as restraint rather than as cruelty: the hero’s strength is directed toward controlling a volatile situation and preventing further harm.
Sahadeva narrates that a mighty warrior quickly seizes the Paurava ruler and then, with considerable effort, also subdues a figure addressed as Kauśikācārya, indicating a forceful containment of key persons in the episode.