सात्यकिं रभसं युद्धे द्रौणिर् ब्राह्मणपुंगवः ॥
आजघानोरसि क्रुद्धो नाराचेन परंतपः ॥
शैनेयो ऽपि गुरोः पुत्रं सर्वमर्मसु भारत ॥
अताडयद् अमेयात्मा नवभिः कङ्कपत्रिभिः ॥
अश्वत्थामा तु समरे सात्यकिं नवभिः शरैः ॥
त्रिंशता च पुनस् तूर्णं बाह्वोर् उरसि चार्पयत् ॥
सो ऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासो द्रोणपुत्रेण सात्वतः ॥
द्रोणपुत्रं त्रिभिर् बाणैर् आजघान महायशाः ॥
sātyakiṃ rabhasaṃ yuddhe drauṇir brāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ ||
ājaghānorasi kruddho nārācena paraṃtapaḥ ||
śaineyo 'pi guroḥ putraṃ sarvamarmasu bhārata ||
atāḍayad ameyātmā navabhiḥ kaṅkapatribhiḥ ||
aśvatthāmā tu samare sātyakiṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
triṃśatā ca punas tūrṇaṃ bāhvor urasi cārpayat ||
so 'tividdho maheṣvāso droṇaputreṇa sātvataḥ ||
droṇaputraṃ tribhir bāṇair ājaghāna mahāyaśāḥ ||
"Drauni, best of brahmanas, in fury struck the impetuous Satyaki in the chest with a naracha, O scorcher of foes. But Shaineya, of boundless soul, struck his own teacher's son with nine heron-feathered arrows in all his vital points, O Bharata. Then Ashvatthaman swiftly struck Satyaki with nine arrows in battle, and again with thirty more, in the arms and chest. Sorely wounded by Drona's son, the illustrious Satvata, the great archer, struck Drauni with three arrows."
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The duel of Satyaki and Ashvatthaman shows the strain between personal bonds and the duty of battle: the teacher's son and the disciple of one martial tradition spare each other nothing, because this day decides the fate of the whole war.