भर्गाणाम् अधिपं चैव निषादाधिपतिं तथा ॥
विजिग्ये भूमिपालांश् च मणिमत्प्रमुखान् बहून् ॥
ततो दक्षिणमल्लांश् च भोगवन्तं च पाण्डवः ॥
तरसैवाजयद् भीमो नातितीव्रेण कर्मणा ॥
शर्मकान् वर्मकांश् चैव सान्त्वेनैवाजयत् प्रभुः ॥
वैदेहकं च राजानं जनकं जगतीपतिम् ॥
विजिग्ये पुरुषव्याघ्रो नातितीव्रेण कर्मणा ॥
bhargāṇām adhipaṃ caiva niṣādādhipatiṃ tathā ||
vijigye bhūmipālāṃś ca maṇimatpramukhān bahūn ||
tato dakṣiṇamallāṃś ca bhogavantaṃ ca pāṇḍavaḥ ||
tarasaivājayad bhīmo nātitīvreṇa karmaṇā ||
śarmakān varmakāṃś caiva sāntvenaivājayat prabhuḥ ||
vaidehakaṃ ca rājānaṃ janakaṃ jagatīpatim ||
vijigye puruṣavyāghro nātitīvreṇa karmaṇā ||
And the lord of the Bhargas, and the lord of the Nishadas, he conquered, and many kings headed by Manimat. Then Bhima, the Pandava, swiftly defeated the southern Mallas and Bhogavat — with not too harsh a force. The Sharmakas and Varmakas the lord conquered by peaceable means, and Janaka, the king of Videha, lord of the earth.
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The Sharmakas and Varmakas Bhima conquers 'by peaceable means' (sāntva), and the name of the king of Videha — Janaka — was once borne by the holy sage-king, father of Sita. Telling is this alternation: gentleness where it will serve, force where it must, but always in due measure. The conquest of the righteous land of Videha crowns the eastern campaign not with devastation but with recognition. The verse teaches that the art of power lies in choosing the right means: raw force and gentle word are instruments of the same wisdom, and a mature ruler applies whichever the occasion demands, reveling neither in cruelty nor in softness.