Shloka 77
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
एवं निर्जित्य तरसा सान्त्वेन विजयेन च । करदान् पार्थिवान् कृत्वा प्रत्यागच्छदरिंदम:
evaṁ nirjitya tarasā sāntvena vijayena ca | karadān pārthivān kṛtvā pratyāgacchad ariṁdamaḥ ||
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—یوں اس نے بعض کو زورِ بازو سے زیر کیا اور بعض کو مصالحت اور فتح کے رعب سے رام کیا؛ پھر سب بادشاہوں کو خراج گزار بنا کر وہ دشمنوں کو دبانے والا سہدیَو اندراپرستھ واپس آ گیا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Effective kingship (rājadharma) employs proportionate means: force when necessary, but also conciliation and the moral-political weight of victory, with the aim of securing order through tributary allegiance rather than gratuitous violence.
After subduing various rulers during the campaign connected with establishing Yudhiṣṭhira’s supremacy, the hero (Mādrī’s son Nakula, called ariṁdama) makes the defeated kings pay tribute and then returns to Indraprastha.