तम् आपतन्तं सहसा मागधस्य गजोत्तमम् ॥
सात्यकिर् वारयाम् आस वेलेवोद्वृत्तम् अर्णवम् ॥
नागं निवारितं दृष्ट्वा शैनेयस्य शरोत्तमैः ॥
अक्रुध्यत रणे राजञ् जलसंधो महाबलः ॥
ततः क्रुद्धो महेष्वासो मार्गणैर् भारसाधनैः ॥
अविध्यत शिनेः पौत्रं जलसंधो महोरसि ॥
tam āpatantaṃ sahasā māgadhasya gajottamam ||
sātyakir vārayām āsa velevodvṛttam arṇavam ||
nāgaṃ nivāritaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaineyasya śarottamaiḥ ||
akrudhyata raṇe rājañ jalasaṃdho mahābalaḥ ||
tataḥ kruddho maheṣvāso mārgaṇair bhārasādhanaiḥ ||
avidhyata śineḥ pautraṃ jalasaṃdho mahorasi ||
Him, rushing [upon him] suddenly, the finest elephant of the Magadhan, Satyaki held back, as a shore [holds back] the surging ocean. Seeing the elephant held back by the finest arrows of Shaineya, Jalasandha, the mighty, grew angry in the battle, o king. Then the enraged great archer Jalasandha pierced the grandson of Shini [in] the broad chest with arrows, heavily dealing [death].
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Again Satyaki, "velā iva udvṛttam arṇavam," like a shore holds back a raging surge: steadfastness meets fury. It is telling that the image of shore and ocean recurs, affirming a law — unruly force breaks against the unshaken. The verse teaches that a frenzied onslaught should be met not with equal frenzy but with firm standing: as a shore takes the blows of the churning sea and remains, so one steadfast in spirit holds back the enemy not by savagery but by unshakable constancy.