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संजय उवाच
शृणु राजन् महाप्राज्ञ संग्रामं लोमहर्षणम् ॥
द्रोणस्य पाण्डवैः सार्धं युयुधानपुरोगमैः ॥
वध्यमानं बलं दृष्ट्वा युयुधानेन मारिष ॥
अभ्यद्रवत् स्वयं द्रोणः सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥
तम् आपतन्तं सहसा भारद्वाजं महारथम् ॥
सात्यकिः पञ्चविंशत्या क्षुद्रकाणां समार्पयत् ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
śṛṇu rājan mahāprājña saṃgrāmaṃ lomaharṣaṇam ||
droṇasya pāṇḍavaiḥ sārdhaṃ yuyudhānapurogamaiḥ ||
vadhyamānaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā yuyudhānena māriṣa ||
abhyadravat svayaṃ droṇaḥ sātyakiṃ satyavikramam ||
tam āpatantaṃ sahasā bhāradvājaṃ mahāratham ||
sātyakiḥ pañcaviṃśatyā kṣudrakāṇāṃ samārpayat ||
"Listen, o most wise king, to the battle that makes the hair stand on end, of Drona against the Pandavas led by Yuyudhana. Seeing his army being struck down by Yuyudhana, o venerable one, Drona himself charged at Satyaki, truly valiant. As he swooped down suddenly upon him, Bharadvaja's son, the great warrior, Satyaki met with twenty-five small arrows."
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The teacher himself goes out where the courage of many has broken -- 'abhyadravat svayaṃ droṇaḥ': the formidable master takes upon himself what is beyond the strength of others. And he is met by 'satyavikrama' Satyaki, in whose name and nature lies truth. It is telling that the decisive encounter takes place between those who have not wavered. The verse teaches that when the strength of many has run out, everything falls upon the few who remain firm, and those whom common fear has not broken come face to face.