Shloka 19
Rājasūya-sambhāra: Prosperity under Rājadharma and the Initiation of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Sacrifice
स कम्पयन्निव महीं बलेन चतुरज्लिणा । युयुधे पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ: कर्णेनामित्रघातिना
sa kampayann iva mahīṁ balena caturaṅgiṇā | yuyudhe pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ karṇenāmitraghātinā ||
Disse Vaiśampāyana: Então Bhīma, o mais eminente dos Pāṇḍavas, avançou com o seu exército de quatro armas, como se fizesse a terra tremer com a sua força, e travou batalha com Karṇa, o matador de inimigos.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal that martial strength is exercised in an ordered, public arena (battle with an army), aiming at establishing control and political order rather than mere personal violence; it frames warfare as a consequential act tied to sovereignty and allegiance.
Bhīma, leading a fourfold army, advances with such force that it is likened to shaking the earth, and he begins fighting Karṇa, described as a formidable slayer of enemies.