दैवं कृतास्त्रतां योगम् अमर्षम् अपि चाहवे ॥
कृतज्ञतां दयां चैव भ्रातुस् त्वम् अनुचिन्तय ॥
मयि चाप्य् अपयाते वै गच्छमाने ऽर्जुनं प्रति ॥
द्रोणे चित्रास्त्रतां संख्ये राजंस् त्वम् अनुचिन्तय ॥
आचार्यो हि भृशं राजन् निग्रहे तव गृध्यति ॥
प्रतिज्ञाम् आत्मनो रक्षन् सत्यां कर्तुं च भारत ॥
daivaṃ kṛtāstratāṃ yogam amarṣam api cāhave ||
kṛtajñatāṃ dayāṃ caiva bhrātus tvam anucintaya ||
mayi cāpy apayāte vai gacchamāne 'rjunaṃ prati ||
droṇe citrāstratāṃ saṃkhye rājaṃs tvam anucintaya ||
ācāryo hi bhṛśaṃ rājan nigrahe tava gṛdhyati ||
pratijñām ātmano rakṣan satyāṃ kartuṃ ca bhārata ||
Think upon fate, upon skill in arms, [martial] training and unyielding wrath in battle, and upon the gratitude and compassion of your brother. And when I depart, going to Arjuna, think, O king, upon Drona's manifold mastery of weapons in battle. For the teacher, O king, craves greatly to capture you, guarding his own vow so as to fulfill it, O Bharata.
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Satyaki bids the king to weigh at once his brother Arjuna's valor and Drona's menace: clear-sightedness looks at both sides. "Pratijñām ātmanaḥ rakṣan satyāṃ kartum" — Drona strains to capture the king in order to fulfill his vow. It is telling that here too a vow given to falsehood drives the teacher onward. The verse teaches that one must weigh equally a friend's strength and an enemy's threat; carelessness toward danger is as unwise as distrust of one dear to us, and wisdom keeps both truths before its eyes.