Mahabharata · 7.60.34
॥
Devanāgarī
एवम् उक्तस् तु पार्थेन सात्यकिः परवीरहा ॥
तथेत्य् उक्त्वागमत् तत्र यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरः ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
evam uktas tu pārthena sātyakiḥ paravīrahā ||
tathety uktvāgamat tatra yatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
एवम् उक्तः तु पार्थेनevam uktaḥ tu pārthenathus addressed by Partha; thus addressed by Partha
सात्यकिः परवीरहाsātyakiḥ paravīrahāSatyaki, slayer of enemy heroes; Satyaki, slayer of enemy warriors
तथा इति उक्त्वाtathā iti uktvāhaving said "so be it"; having spoken "so be it"
अगमत् तत्रagamat tatrawent there; went there
यत्र राजा युधिष्ठिरःyatra rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥwhere King Yudhishthira was; where King Yudhishthira was
Translation
Thus addressed by Partha, Satyaki, slayer of enemy heroes, having said "so be it," went to where King Yudhishthira was.
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The chapter closes with the obedience of the faithful: "tathā iti uktvā agamat" — "having said 'so be it,' he went." Satyaki, without contradiction, accepts the task entrusted to him — the guarding of the king. Tellingly, this most valiant warrior places his worth not in choosing the more glorious battle but in fulfilling the task entrusted to him. The verse teaches that faithfulness is measured by readiness to take not the most glorious place but the most needed one: a true companion goes where he is set for the common good, and in this humble obedience there is no less valor than in battle itself.