Shloka 32
आरम्भाच्चैव युद्धानां यदेष कृतवान् प्रभो । मदर्थे दुष्करं कर्म कृतं तेन महाहवे,'प्रभो! युद्धके आरम्भसे ही इसने मेरा बहुत सहयोग किया है, इसने महायुद्धमें मेरे लिये दुष्कर कर्म कर दिखाया है
ārambhāc caiva yuddhānāṁ yad eṣa kṛtavān prabho | madarthe duṣkaraṁ karma kṛtaṁ tena mahāhave ||
Sañjaya said: “O lord, from the very outset of the battles, this one has rendered me great assistance. In the great war, for my sake, he has accomplished a deed exceedingly difficult.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical dimension of wartime action: even amid violence, deeds are evaluated by intention and burden—here, strenuous service and loyalty performed ‘for my sake’ is acknowledged as a difficult undertaking, implying responsibility and moral weight rather than mere triumph.
Sanjaya, reporting events to his lord (typically Dhritarashtra), praises an unnamed individual’s support from the very start of the fighting, stating that in the great war he carried out an exceptionally difficult task on Sanjaya’s behalf.