Shloka 45
अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः
Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma
तव कोपाग्निना दग्ध: पापो राजा जयद्रथ: । उत्तीर्ण चापि सुमहद् धार्तराष्ट्रबलं रणे,“महाराज! पापी राजा जयद्रथ आपकी क्रोधाग्निसे दग्ध हो गया है तथा रणभूमिमें दुर्योधनकी विशाल सेनासे पार पाना भी आपकी कृपासे ही सम्भव हुआ है
tava kopāgninā dagdhaḥ pāpo rājā jayadrathaḥ | uttīrṇaṃ cāpi sumahad dhārtarāṣṭrabalaṃ raṇe ||
Sañjaya said: “By the fire of your wrath, the sinful king Jayadratha has been consumed. And even the crossing through Duryodhana’s vast Kaurava host in the battle has been accomplished only by your grace.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames battlefield outcomes in moral and ethical terms: Jayadratha is labeled ‘pāpa’ (sinful), and his destruction is portrayed as the consequence of righteous wrath. It also emphasizes dependence on a higher agency—‘your grace’—suggesting that even heroic feats in war are not merely personal prowess but are enabled by favor, protection, or providential support.
Sañjaya reports that Jayadratha has been destroyed by the force of the addressee’s wrath, and that the seemingly impossible feat of breaking through the immense Kaurava formation (Duryodhana’s host) on the battlefield has been achieved—attributed explicitly to the addressee’s grace.