मोदापुरं वामदेवं सुदामानं सुसंकुलम् ॥
कुलूतान् उत्तरांश् चैव तांश् च राज्ञः समानयत् ॥
तत्रस्थः पुरुषैर् एव धर्मराजस्य शासनात् ॥
व्यजयद् धनंजयो राजन् देशान् पञ्च प्रमाणतः ॥
स दिवःप्रस्थम् आसाद्य सेनाबिन्दोः पुरं महत् ॥
बलेन चतुरङ्गेण निवेशम् अकरोत् प्रभुः ॥
modāpuraṃ vāmadevaṃ sudāmānaṃ susaṃkulam ||
kulūtān uttarāṃś caiva tāṃś ca rājñaḥ samānayat ||
tatrasthaḥ puruṣair eva dharmarājasya śāsanāt ||
vyajayad dhanaṃjayo rājan deśān pañca pramāṇataḥ ||
sa divaḥprastham āsādya senābindoḥ puraṃ mahat ||
balena caturaṅgeṇa niveśam akarot prabhuḥ ||
Modapura, Vamadeva, Sudamana, Susankula, the northern Kulutas, and those kings he brought to submission. Remaining there, through his men, by the command of Dharmaraja, Dhananjaya, O king, conquered five lands in due order. Having reached Divahprastha, the great city of Senabindu, the lord made camp there with his fourfold army.
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It is significant that Arjuna conquers some lands 'through his own men' and always 'by the command of Dharmaraja': the conqueror is not self-ruling but the executor of an elder's will. His action springs not from ambition but from an entrusted charge. Thus a certain order of service reveals itself, in which valor is subject to dharma and strength to its head: Arjuna is great not because he conquers for himself but because he lays everything conquered at the feet of the king. The verse teaches that true greatness lies in fidelity to what is entrusted, not in self-will.