बाह्लिका यत्र दृश्यन्ते नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः ॥
दाक्षिणात्याश् च बहवः सूतपुत्रपुरोगमाः ॥
हस्त्यश्वरथसंबाधं यच् चानीकं विलोक्यते ॥
नानादेशसमुत्थैश् च पदातिभिर् अधिष्ठितम् ॥
एतावद् उक्त्वा यन्तारं ब्रह्माणं परिवर्जयन् ॥
स व्यतीयाय यत्रोग्रं कर्णस्य सुमहद् बलम् ॥
bāhlikā yatra dṛśyante nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ ||
dākṣiṇātyāś ca bahavaḥ sūtaputrapurogamāḥ ||
hastyaśvarathasaṃbādhaṃ yac cānīkaṃ vilokyate ||
nānādeśasamutthaiś ca padātibhir adhiṣṭhitam ||
etāvad uktvā yantāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ parivarjayan ||
sa vyatīyāya yatrograṃ karṇasya sumahad balam ||
"Where the Bahlikas are seen with varied weapons raised, and the many southerners led by the son of the suta [Karna]; the army crowded with elephants, horses, chariots, and whatever formation is seen, occupied by foot-soldiers risen from various lands." So saying to the charioteer, going around the brahmin, he passed on to where the fierce, exceedingly great army of Karna was.
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Satyaki directs the charioteer precisely and clearly, going around "brahmāṇam", the brahmin Drona, and pressing through the gap toward his goal. It is telling that his breakthrough is not a blind onslaught but a calculated movement along a considered path. The verse teaches that valor guided by reason does not act at random: it cuts a path to its goal through the weakest point of the barrier, and so its effort is not wasted but reaches what it set out to achieve.