एवं नृपाणां क्षितिभारजन्मना- मक्षौहिणीभि: परिवृत्ततेजसाम् । विधाय वैरं श्वसनो यथानलं मिथो वधेनोपरतो निरायुध: ॥ ३४ ॥
evam nrpanam ksiti-bhara-janmanam aksauhinibhih parivrtta-tejasam vidhaya vairam svasano yathanalam mitho vadhenoparato nirayudhah
- evam
- thus
- nrpanam
- of the kings or administrators
- ksiti-bhara
- the burden of the earth
- janmanam
- born in that way
- aksauhinibhih
- empowered by a military strength of horses, elephants, chariots and infantry
- parivrtta
- being puffed up by such surroundings
- tejasam
- prowess
- vidhaya
- having created
- vairam
- hostility
- svasanah
- interaction of the wind and the pipe plants
- yatha
- as it is
- analam
- fire
- mithah
- with one another
- vadhena
- by killing them
- uparatah
- relieved
- nirayudhah
- by Himself without being a party to such fighting
The Lord was pacified after killing those kings who were burdensome to the earth. They were puffed up with their military strength, their horses, elephants, chariots, infantry, etc. He Himself was not a party in the fight. He simply created hostility between the powerful administrators, and they fought amongst themselves. He was like the wind which causes friction between bamboos and so sparks a fire.