ततः स गण्डकीं शूरो विदेहांश् च नरर्षभः ॥
विजित्याल्पेन कालेन दशार्णान् अगमत् प्रभुः ॥
तत्र दाशार्णको राजा सुधर्मा लोमहर्षणम् ॥
कृतवान् कर्म भीमेन महद् युद्धं निरायुधम् ॥
भीमसेनस् तु तद् दृष्ट्वा तस्य कर्म परंतपः ॥
अधिसेनापतिं चक्रे सुधर्माणं महाबलम् ॥
tataḥ sa gaṇḍakīṃ śūro videhāṃś ca nararṣabhaḥ ||
vijityālpena kālena daśārṇān agamat prabhuḥ ||
tatra dāśārṇako rājā sudharmā lomaharṣaṇam ||
kṛtavān karma bhīmena mahad yuddhaṃ nirāyudham ||
bhīmasenas tu tad dṛṣṭvā tasya karma paraṃtapaḥ ||
adhisenāpatiṃ cakre sudharmāṇaṃ mahābalam ||
Then the hero, bull among men, having conquered the Gandakas and the Videhas in a short time, came, lord, to the Dasharnas. There the Dasharna king Sudharman performed with Bhima a hair-raising feat -- a great battle without weapons. Bhimasena, scorcher of foes, having seen that deed of his, made the mighty Sudharman his chief commander.
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Sudharman fights "without weapons" -- with bare hands, like Bhima himself -- and his valor is not punished but crowned with the highest rank. It is telling that the defeated man is raised to chief commander: the enemy's worth is recognized and turned into service for the common cause. The verse teaches that nobility knows how to value an opponent above the score of enmity; one who is truly strong does not humiliate the worthy but draws him close, for courage, wherever it is found, is a treasure, and the wise choose to gain it rather than to crush it.