वैदेहस्थस् तु कौन्तेय इन्द्रपर्वतम् अन्तिकात् ॥
किरातानाम् अधिपतीन् व्यजयत् सप्त पाण्डवः ॥
ततः सुह्मान् प्राच्यसुह्मान् समक्षांश् चैव वीर्यवान् ॥
विजित्य युधि कौन्तेयो मागधान् उपयाद् बली ॥
दण्डं च दण्डधारं च विजित्य पृथिवीपतीन् ॥
तैर् एव सहितः सर्वैर् गिरिव्रजम् उपाद्रवत् ॥
vaidehasthas tu kaunteya indraparvatam antikāt ||
kirātānām adhipatīn vyajayat sapta pāṇḍavaḥ ||
tataḥ suhmān prācyasuhmān samakṣāṃś caiva vīryavān ||
vijitya yudhi kaunteyo māgadhān upayād balī ||
daṇḍaṃ ca daṇḍadhāraṃ ca vijitya pṛthivīpatīn ||
tair eva sahitaḥ sarvair girivrajam upādravat ||
While dwelling in Videha, Kaunteya conquered, near Indraparvata, seven lords of the Kiratas. Then, having conquered in battle the Suhmas, the eastern Suhmas, and the Samakshas, the valiant and mighty Kaunteya advanced upon the Magadhas. Having conquered the kings Danda and Dandadhara, he rushed upon Girivraja together with all of them.
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Once again Bhima brings the conquered along with him — he moves on Girivraja 'together with all of them.' The campaign leaves no enemies at its back but turns them into fellow travelers, and the army grows with every frontier crossed. Telling is it that Girivraja, the stronghold of the fallen Jarasandha, lies again on the path — but now as the city of an ally. The verse teaches that righteous conquest is constructive: it does not scorch the earth but fuses what was scattered into unity; the enemy of yesterday now marches in the same ranks, and the strength of the whole grows not by subtraction but by addition.