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 ||
サンジャヤは言った。「主よ、戦いの始まりからこの者は私に大いなる助けを与えてきた。この大戦において、私のために、きわめて困難な務めを成し遂げたのだ。」
संजय उवाच
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.