Shloka 44
दिष्टया जयसि गोविन्द दिष्ट्या शत्रुर्निपातित: । दिष्ट्या गाण्डीवधन्वा च विजयी पाण्डुनन्दन:
diṣṭyā jayasi govinda diṣṭyā śatrur nipātitaḥ | diṣṭyā gāṇḍīvadhanvā ca vijayī pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||
സഞ്ജയൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഗോവിന്ദാ! മഹാസൗഭാഗ്യത്താൽ നിങ്ങൾ ജയിച്ചു; സൗഭാഗ്യത്താൽ തന്നെ ശത്രു വീണു; സൗഭാഗ്യത്താൽ തന്നെ ഗാണ്ഡീവധാരിയായ പാണ്ഡുനന്ദനൻ അർജുനൻ വിജയിയായി।
संयज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the Mahābhārata’s recurring tension between human effort and daiva (destiny/divine dispensation): victory and the fall of a formidable foe are acknowledged as ‘diṣṭyā’—by fortune—while also implicitly crediting Kṛṣṇa’s guidance and the righteous alignment of the Pāṇḍavas’ cause.
Saṃjaya reports and celebrates the outcome of a crucial battle moment: Govinda (Kṛṣṇa) is addressed as the victorious charioteer-guide, the enemy has been brought down (contextually Karṇa), and Arjuna, wielder of the Gāṇḍīva, is declared victorious.