कायव्या दरदा दार्वाः शूरा वैयमकास् तथा ॥
औदुम्बरा दुर्विभागाः पारदा बाह्लिकैः सह ॥
काश्मीराः कुन्दमानाश् च पौरका हंसकायनाः ॥
शिबित्रिगर्तयौधेया राजन्या मद्रकेकयाः ॥
अम्बष्ठाः कौकुरास् तार्क्ष्या वस्त्रपाः पह्लवैः सह ॥
वसातयः समौलेयाः सह क्षुद्रकमालवैः ॥
शौण्डिकाः कुक्कुराश् चैव शकाश् चैव विशां पते ॥
अङ्गा वङ्गाश् च पुण्ड्राश् च शानवत्या गयास् तथा ॥
सुजातयः श्रेणिमन्तः श्रेयांसः शस्त्रपाणयः ॥
आहार्षुः क्षत्रिया वित्तं शतशो ऽजातशत्रवे ॥
kāyavyā daradā dārvāḥ śūrā vaiyamakās tathā ||
audumbarā durvibhāgāḥ pāradā bāhlikaiḥ saha ||
kāśmīrāḥ kundamānāś ca paurakā haṃsakāyanāḥ ||
śibitrigartayaudheyā rājanyā madrakekayāḥ ||
ambaṣṭhāḥ kaukurās tārkṣyā vastrapāḥ pahlavaiḥ saha ||
vasātayaḥ samauleyāḥ saha kṣudrakamālavaiḥ ||
śauṇḍikāḥ kukkurāś caiva śakāś caiva viśāṃ pate ||
aṅgā vaṅgāś ca puṇḍrāś ca śānavatyā gayās tathā ||
sujātayaḥ śreṇimantaḥ śreyāṃsaḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ ||
āhārṣuḥ kṣatriyā vittaṃ śataśo 'jātaśatrave ||
The Kāyavyas, Daradas, Dārvas, brave Vaiyamakas, Audumbaras, Durvibhāgas, Pāradas with the Bāhlikas, Kāśmīras, Kundamānas, Paurakas, Haṃsakāyanas, Śibis, Trigartas, Yaudheyas, the lords of Madra and the Kekayas, Ambaṣṭhas, Kaukuras, Tārkṣyas, Vastrapas with the Pahlavas, Vasātis, Samauleyas with the Kṣudrakas and Mālavas, Śauṇḍikas, Kukkuras, and Śakas, O lord of the people, Aṅgas, Vaṅgas, Puṇḍras, Śānavatyas and Gayas — well-born, powerful, glorious kṣatriyas, weapons in hand, brought wealth by the hundreds to Ajātaśatru.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Countless kṣatriya peoples, 'glorious, weapons in hand,' bring tribute — not broken by force, but acknowledging precedence. It is telling that the armed and proud bow of their own accord: their submission is not the fruit of defeat but a tribute to worth. The verse teaches that the highest power is the one to which even the strong submit willingly: where no sword is needed to gather tribute, true greatness reigns. The righteous one gathers not through fear but through recognition. And the longest list of submitting peoples is a measure not of Yudhiṣṭhira's wealth but of the universal recognition of his rightness — something the envious cannot seize by any conquest.