Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्रयोदश समास्तीर्णा जागरेण सुदु:खिता: । स्वप्स्यामोड्द्य सुखं रात्रौ त्वत्प्रसादान्महा भुज,“महाबाहो! अत्यन्त दुःखी होकर हमलोगोंने जागते हुए तेरह वर्ष व्यतीत किये हैं। आजकी रातमें आपकी कृपासे हमलोग सुखपूर्वक सो सकेंगे”

Transliteration

trayodaśa samāstīrṇā jāgareṇa suduḥkhitāḥ | svapsyāmo ’dya sukhaṃ rātrau tvatprasādān mahā-bhuja ||

Translation

Wahai yang berlengan perkasa, dengan derita yang berat kami telah melewati tiga belas tahun dalam berjaga dan kepayahan. Malam ini, berkat anugerahmu, kami akan tidur dengan tenteram.

Word by Word

त्रयोदशthirteen

समाःyears

तीर्णाःpassed/overcome

जागरेणby wakefulness/keeping awake

सुदुःखिताःvery distressed

स्वप्स्यामःwe shall sleep

अद्यtoday

सुखम्comfortably/with ease (as comfort)

रात्रौat night

त्वत्-प्रसादात्from/through your favor

महाभुजO mighty-armed one

Speaker

संयज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Saṃjaya (speaker)

mahā-bhuja/mahābāhu (addressee, a mighty-armed hero)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.