Shloka 37
तव प्रसादादस्माभि: समित्रै: सह बान्धवै:
tava prasādād asmābhiḥ samitraiḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
«Par ta grâce, nous—avec nos amis et nos parents—avons pu tenir/agir ainsi.» Sañjaya rapporte l’issue présente à la bienveillance de celui à qui il s’adresse, soulignant la dépendance à l’appui d’autrui et le destin commun des alliés et de la famille au lendemain de la guerre.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line foregrounds gratitude and accountability: outcomes in political and wartime contexts are often framed as arising from a leader’s favor, and the speaker underscores that friends and relatives share in both benefits and consequences.
Sanjaya, narrating events, speaks to his addressee and credits him with enabling ‘us’—along with allies and kinsmen—indicating a collective situation shaped by the addressee’s support amid the Sauptika Parva’s grim wartime aftermath.