वैशंपायन उवाच
नकुलस्य तु वक्ष्यामि कर्माणि विजयं तथा ॥
वासुदेवजिताम् आशां यथासौ व्यजयत् प्रभुः ॥
निर्याय खाण्डवप्रस्थात् प्रतीचीम् अभितो दिशम् ॥
उद्दिश्य मतिमान् प्रायान् महत्या सेनया सह ॥
सिंहनादेन महता योधानां गर्जितेन च ॥
रथनेमिनिनादैश् च कम्पयन् वसुधाम् इमाम् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
nakulasya tu vakṣyāmi karmāṇi vijayaṃ tathā ||
vāsudevajitām āśāṃ yathāsau vyajayat prabhuḥ ||
niryāya khāṇḍavaprasthāt pratīcīm abhito diśam ||
uddiśya matimān prāyān mahatyā senayā saha ||
siṃhanādena mahatā yodhānāṃ garjitena ca ||
rathanemininādaiś ca kampayan vasudhām imām ||
Of the deeds of Nakula and his victory I shall tell — how he, the lord, conquered the quarter already conquered by Vasudeva. Setting out from Khandavaprastha and turning toward the west, the wise one marched with a great army, shaking this earth with the lion's roar of his warriors, their bellowing, and the rumble of chariot wheel-rims.
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Already in the first verse the essential point is stated: the west was "conquered by Vasudeva" before Nakula conquered it. It is telling that the devotee's feat is only a manifestation of what the Lord has already accomplished: the world belongs to Him from the outset, and the servant's conquest merely makes that eternal dominion visible outwardly. The verse teaches the doer humility: whatever we may "conquer," we only take possession of what already belongs to the Lord. Our merit lies not in winning Him land, but in serving the unfolding of His sovereignty.