Shloka 7

अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः

Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma

Devanagari script

दिष्ट्या पश्यामि संग्रामे तीर्णभारी महारथौ । दिष्ट्या विनिहतः पाप: सैन्धव: पुरुषाधम:,“आज सौभाग्यवश संग्रामभूमिमें मैं आप दोनों महारथियोंको प्रतिज्ञाके भारसे मुक्त हुआ देखता हूँ। यह बड़े हर्षकी बात है कि पापी नराधम सिंधुराज जयद्रथ मारा गया

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca |

diṣṭyā paśyāmi saṅgrāme tīrṇabhārī mahārathau |

diṣṭyā vinihataḥ pāpaḥ saindhavaḥ puruṣādhamaḥ |

Translation

Sañjaya said: “By good fortune I behold, on the battlefield, you two great chariot-warriors freed from the burden of your vow. And by that same good fortune, the sinful Saindhava—Jayadratha, the basest of men—has been slain.”

Word by Word

दिष्ट्याfortunately / by good luck

पश्यामिI see

संग्रामेin the battle

तीर्णभारीhaving crossed/borne the burden (i.e., freed from the burden)

महारथौthe two great chariot-warriors

दिष्ट्याfortunately

विनिहतःhas been slain

पापःsinful

सैन्धवःthe Sindhu-king (Jayadratha)

पुरुषाधमःthe vilest of men

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Jayadratha (Saindhava, Sindhu king)

two mahārathas (addressed as 'you two')

battlefield (saṅgrāma)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the outcome of a vow-bound crisis as resolved through providence: righteous resolve is vindicated, and a grievous wrongdoer (Jayadratha) meets retributive justice. It highlights the ethical weight of vows in dharma and the moral evaluation of actions even amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Jayadratha has been killed and that, as a result, two principal warriors addressed as “you two” are now released from the heavy burden of their pledged undertaking connected with Jayadratha’s death.