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विव्याध च रणे राजन् सात्यकिं सत्यविक्रमम् ॥
दशभिर् विशिखैस् तीक्ष्णैर् अभिक्रुद्धः स्तनान्तरे ॥
ततः प्रशीर्णे धनुषि शक्त्या शक्तिमतां वरः ॥
अभ्यहन् दक्षिणं बाहुं सात्यकिः कृतवर्मणः ॥
ततो ऽन्यत् सुदृढं वीरो धनुर् आदाय सात्यकिः ॥
व्यसृजद् विशिखांस् तूर्णं शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
vivyādha ca raṇe rājan sātyakiṃ satyavikramam ||
daśabhir viśikhais tīkṣṇair abhikruddhaḥ stanāntare ||
tataḥ praśīrṇe dhanuṣi śaktyā śaktimatāṃ varaḥ ||
abhyahan dakṣiṇaṃ bāhuṃ sātyakiḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ ||
tato 'nyat sudṛḍhaṃ vīro dhanur ādāya sātyakiḥ ||
vyasṛjad viśikhāṃs tūrṇaṃ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
And the enraged Kritavarman struck Satyaki, of true valor, in the chest with ten sharp arrows, o king. Then, when his bow was shattered, Satyaki, best of the mighty, struck Kritavarman's right arm with a javelin. Then, taking up another sturdy bow, the hero Satyaki swiftly loosed arrows by hundreds and thousands.
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Deprived of his bow, Satyaki at once takes up another — "anyat sudṛḍhaṃ dhanur ādāya": neither wound nor broken weapon halts his onslaught. It is telling that resourcefulness in him is joined with tirelessness. The verse teaches that true steadfastness does not fold its hands at the loss of a means: one of firm will finds a new instrument where the old one has broken, and continues the task, for it is not the weapon but the spirit that decides the outcome.