Shloka 596
Adhyāya 31: Rājasūya-samāgama — The Gathering of Kings and the Ordering of Hospitality
माद्रीसुतस्तत: प्रायाद् विजयी दक्षिणां दिशम् | राजा नीलकी वह पूजा ग्रहणकर और उनपर कर लगाकर विजयी माद्रीकुमार सहदेव दक्षिण दिशाकी ओर बढ़ गये
mādrīsutas tataḥ prāyād vijayī dakṣiṇāṃ diśam | rājā nīlakiḥ sa pūjāṃ gṛhītvā teṣāṃ ca karaṃ samāropya vijayī mādrīkumāraḥ sahadevo dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ pravavṛte |
随后，玛德丽之子、凯旋的萨诃提婆启程前往南方。既受尼罗迦王之礼敬与贡赋，又按旧制在其国土上征收常例之税，这位得胜的玛德丽之子便继续南征——以有序的归顺推进般度族的帝王大祭，而非以无谓的杀伐。
सहदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights dharmic statecraft in a conquest undertaken for a royal rite: victory is shown through orderly submission—accepting honour and tribute and establishing lawful revenue—rather than through gratuitous destruction.
During the Pāṇḍavas’ preparations for Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya, Sahadeva conducts the southern digvijaya. After King Nīlaka offers homage and tribute, Sahadeva accepts it, sets the appropriate levy, and proceeds further south.