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

ମହାବାହୋ! ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଦୁଃଖରେ ଜାଗରଣ କରି ଆମେ ତେର ବର୍ଷ କାଟିଛୁ। ଆଜି ରାତିରେ ଆପଣଙ୍କ କୃପାରେ ଆମେ ସୁଖରେ ଶୋଇପାରିବୁ।

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.