Shloka 45
त्रयोदश समास्तीर्णा जागरेण सुदु:खिता: । स्वप्स्यामोड्द्य सुखं रात्रौ त्वत्प्रसादान्महा भुज
trayodaśa samāstīrṇā jāgareṇa suduḥkhitāḥ | svapsyāmo ’dya sukhaṃ rātrau tvatprasādān mahā-bhuja ||
“For thirteen years we have endured, grievously afflicted, keeping vigil in hardship. Tonight, O mighty-armed one, by your gracious favor we shall at last sleep in peace.”
संयज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights endurance through prolonged hardship and the moral-emotional power of compassionate support: relief and peace are portrayed as arising not merely from circumstance but from the protective favor of a righteous, capable ally.
The speaker recalls a long period of painful, sleepless vigilance—symbolic of sustained adversity—and expresses that, due to the addressee’s gracious intervention, they can finally rest peacefully that night.