Mahabharata 7.151.17 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 151, Shloka 17
अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः
Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma
एकार्णवमिदं पूर्व सर्वमासीत् तमोमयम् | त्वत्प्रसादान्महाबाहो जगत् प्राप्तं नरोत्तम
ekārṇavam idaṃ pūrvaṃ sarvam āsīt tamomayam | tvatprasādān mahābāho jagat prāptaṃ narottama ||
قال سنجيا: «في البدء كان هذا كله محيطًا واحدًا، غارقًا ومكوَّنًا من ظلمة. وبفضلك الكريم، يا عظيم الساعد، يا خيرَ الرجال، بلغ العالم صورته الحاضرة المتجلّية.»
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames cosmic order as arising from the grace (prasāda) of a supreme or exemplary person: from undifferentiated darkness and inundation to a manifest, intelligible world. Ethically, it elevates humility and gratitude, implying that rightful power should be exercised as beneficent, world-sustaining favor rather than mere domination.
Sañjaya speaks in praise to the addressed hero/king, using a cosmogonic image: once everything was submerged in a single dark ocean, but through ‘your grace’ the world became available in its present form. The statement functions as exaltation—attributing restorative, ordering power to the addressee.
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