Shloka 74
कर्णेन युधिष्ठिरानीकविदारणम् / Karṇa’s Breach of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Battle-Line
(तव प्रसादाद् वध्येरन् देव दैवतकण्टका: । स नो रक्ष महाबाहो दैत्येभ्यो महतो भयात् ।।
tava prasādād vadhyeran deva daivatakaṇṭakāḥ | sa no rakṣa mahābāho daityebhyo mahato bhayāt || tvaṃ hi no gatir avyagra tvaṃ no goptā mahāvrata | tvatprasādāt surāḥ sarve pūjyante tridive prabho || iti te śirasā gatvā trilokeśaṃ pitāmaham |
قال دوريودhana: «بفضل رضاك، يا ربّ، سيُقتل أولئك الدايتيَة الذين هم شوكةٌ في جنب الآلهة. يا عظيمَ الساعدين، احمِنا من الرعب العظيم الذي يثيره الدايتيَة. فأنت وحدك ملاذُنا الذي لا يضطرب، وأنت حارسُنا، يا صاحب النذر العظيم. وبنعمتك تُكرَّم جميعُ الآلهة في عالم السماء، يا سيّدَ السلطان.» ثم قال ذلك فانحنى برأسه واقترب من الجدّ الجليل، ربّ العوالم الثلاثة.
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights a political-ethical use of devotion: a ruler seeks divine sanction and protection by praising a higher authority as the source of cosmic order. It shows how fear and the desire for victory can drive supplication, framing one’s cause as aligned with the welfare of the gods and the maintenance of heavenly honor.
Duryodhana addresses a supreme figure called the Lord of the three worlds and the Grandsire, asking for protection from the Daityas and asserting that by this deity’s grace the gods are honored in heaven. After speaking, he bows and approaches that exalted being, indicating a formal act of supplication.