Mahabharata 7.4.8 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 4, Shloka 8
अध्याय ४ — भीष्मेन कर्णोत्साहनम्
Bhīṣma’s Encouragement of Karṇa
उत्कला मेकला: पौण्ड्रा: कलिड्रन्ध्राश्न संयुगे निषादाश्ष त्रिगर्ताश्न बाह्लीकाश्न जितास्त्वया
sañjaya uvāca | utkalā mekalāḥ pauṇḍrāḥ kaliṅgā andhrāś ca saṃyuge | niṣādāś ca trigartāś ca bāhlīkāś ca jitās tvayā ||
சஞ்சயன் கூறினான்— போரின் நெருக்கத்தில், உத்கல, மேகல, பௌண்டிர, கலிங்க, ஆந்திர, நிஷாத, திரிகர்த்த, பாஹ்லீக நாடுகளின் அரசர்களையும் நீ அடக்கினாய்.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how martial reputation and political legitimacy in the epic are often expressed through the defeat of many regional powers; it implicitly invites reflection on the ethical weight of victory in a war where dharma is contested.
Sanjaya is reporting battlefield outcomes, listing multiple peoples/kingdoms whose kings have been overcome by the addressed warrior, emphasizing the scale of successes within the Drona Parva war sequence.
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