Shloka 43
जीविते चैव राज्ये च हते राधात्मजे रणे | त्वत्प्रसादाद् वयं चैव कृतार्था: पुरुषर्षभ,“आज दुरात्मा धृतराष्ट्रपुत्र दुर्योधन अत्यन्त अभिमानी नरव्याप्र राधापुत्र कर्णके मारे जानेका वृत्तान्त सुनकर राज्य और जीवनसे भी निराश हो जायगा। पुरुषोत्तम! आपकी कृपासे रणभूमिमें राधापुत्र कर्णके मारे जानेपर हम सब लोग कृतार्थ हो गये पुत्रसहित कर्णको अर्जुनके बाणोंसे मारा गया देख राजा युधिष्ठिरने अपना नया जन्म हुआ-सा माना
jīvite caiva rājye ca hate rādhātmaje raṇe | tvatprasādād vayaṃ caiva kṛtārthāḥ puruṣarṣabha ||
“રણમાં રાધાપુત્ર કર્ણ મારાયો ત્યારથી હવે અમને ન જીવનની આશા છે, ન રાજ્યની. પુરુષર્ષભ! આપની કૃપાથી અમે સૌ કૃતાર્થ થયા છીએ।”
संयज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames victory not merely as political gain but as the completion of a necessary duty in war: once the formidable Karṇa is slain, attachment to life and kingdom is relativized, and the outcome is attributed to the addressee’s ‘prasāda’ (favor), highlighting humility and the sense of dharmic completion rather than triumphalism.
After Karṇa (called ‘Rādhātmaja’) is killed in the battle, the speaker declares that their objective has been achieved and credits the success to the addressee’s grace, implying that Karṇa’s fall marks a decisive turning point in the war and in the morale of the opposing side.