तत उत्थाय हृष्टात्मा प्राञ्जलिः शिरसानतः ॥
पूजयाम् आस माद्रेयः पावकं पुरुषर्षभः ॥
पावके विनिवृत्ते तु नीलो राजाभ्ययात् तदा ॥
सत्कारेण नरव्याघ्रं सहदेवं युधां पतिम् ॥
प्रतिगृह्य च तां पूजां करे च विनिवेश्य तम् ॥
माद्रीसुतस् ततः प्रायाद् विजयी दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥
tata utthāya hṛṣṭātmā prāñjaliḥ śirasānataḥ ||
pūjayām āsa mādreyaḥ pāvakaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ ||
pāvake vinivṛtte tu nīlo rājābhyayāt tadā ||
satkāreṇa naravyāghraṃ sahadevaṃ yudhāṃ patim ||
pratigṛhya ca tāṃ pūjāṃ kare ca viniveśya tam ||
mādrīsutas tataḥ prāyād vijayī dakṣiṇāṃ diśam ||
Then, rising, joyful at heart, with joined palms and bowed head, the son of Madri, the bull among men, honored Pavaka. And when Pavaka had withdrawn, king Nila approached with honor the tiger among men, Sahadeva, lord of battles. And having accepted that honor and laid tribute upon him, the son of Madri, victorious, then went on toward the southern direction.
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Victory over Mahishmati is won not by weapons but by worship: Sahadeva honors Agni, and only then does the city bow. It is significant that Nila's submission follows the appeasement of the god — the earthly order is established through reconciliation with the divine. The verse teaches that true triumph comes when the main matter is settled: having made peace with the deity, the warrior wins the king as well, without battle. Here the hierarchy of victories reveals itself — first homage to the Supreme, then the submission of the earthly; whoever knows how to bow before the higher is bowed to by the lower.