Shloka 17
अलायुधस्य भीमवधसंकल्पः
Alāyudha’s Resolve to Confront Bhīma
एकार्णवमिदं पूर्व सर्वमासीत् तमोमयम् | त्वत्प्रसादान्महाबाहो जगत् प्राप्तं नरोत्तम,“महाबाहो! नरश्रेष्ठ] पहले यह सारा जगत् एकार्णवके जलमें निमग्न हो अन्धकारमें विलीन हो गया था। फिर आपकी ही कृपादृष्टिसे यह वर्तमान रूपमें उपलब्ध हुआ है
ekārṇavam idaṃ pūrvaṃ sarvam āsīt tamomayam | tvatprasādān mahābāho jagat prāptaṃ narottama ||
သဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «မဟာဗာဟု အို၊ လူတို့အထဲ၌ အမြတ်ဆုံးအို၊ အစဉ်အလာ၌ ဤအရာအားလုံးသည် တစ်ခုတည်းသော သမုဒ္ဒရာဖြစ်၍ နစ်မြုပ်ကာ အမှောင်ဖြင့် ပြည့်နှက်နေခဲ့၏။ သင်၏ကရုဏာတော်ကြောင့်ပင် ဤလောကသည် ယခုမြင်သာသောပုံသဏ္ဍာန်သို့ ရောက်ရှိလာခဲ့သည်»။
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames cosmic order as arising from the grace (prasāda) of a supreme or exemplary person: from undifferentiated darkness and inundation to a manifest, intelligible world. Ethically, it elevates humility and gratitude, implying that rightful power should be exercised as beneficent, world-sustaining favor rather than mere domination.
Sañjaya speaks in praise to the addressed hero/king, using a cosmogonic image: once everything was submerged in a single dark ocean, but through ‘your grace’ the world became available in its present form. The statement functions as exaltation—attributing restorative, ordering power to the addressee.