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तं तु शब्दं महच् छ्रुत्वा कृतवर्मा महारथः ॥
अभ्ययात् सहसा तत्र यत्रास्ते माधवः प्रभुः ॥
विधुन्वानो धनुःश्रेष्ठं चोदयंश् चैव वाजिनः ॥
भर्त्सयन् सारथिं चोग्रं याहि याहीति सत्वरः ॥
तम् आपतन्तं संप्रेक्ष्य व्यादितास्यम् इवान्तकम् ॥
युयुधानो महाराज यन्तारम् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
कृतवर्मा रथेनैष द्रुतम् आपतते शरी ॥
प्रत्युद्याहि रथेनैनं प्रवरं सर्वधन्विनाम् ॥
taṃ tu śabdaṃ mahac chrutvā kṛtavarmā mahārathaḥ ||
abhyayāt sahasā tatra yatrāste mādhavaḥ prabhuḥ ||
vidhunvāno dhanuḥśreṣṭhaṃ codayaṃś caiva vājinaḥ ||
bhartsayan sārathiṃ cograṃ yāhi yāhīti satvaraḥ ||
tam āpatantaṃ saṃprekṣya vyāditāsyam ivāntakam ||
yuyudhāno mahārāja yantāram idam abravīt ||
kṛtavarmā rathenaiṣa drutam āpatate śarī ||
pratyudyāhi rathenainaṃ pravaraṃ sarvadhanvinām ||
Hearing that great uproar, Kritavarman, the great warrior, rushed suddenly to where Madhava, the lord, stood — brandishing his finest bow, urging on his horses, fiercely rebuking his charioteer: "Go, go!" in haste. Seeing him bearing down like Death with gaping mouth, Yuyudhana, O great king, said this to his charioteer: "This Kritavarman on his chariot swiftly bears down with arrows; drive out to meet him with the chariot, the foremost of all archers."
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Satyaki does not turn away from Kritavarman, "vyāditāsyam iva antakam," like Death with jaws agape, but bids his charioteer drive out to meet him. It is telling that he himself faces the threatening death head-on. The verse teaches that valor does not wait for the blow while hiding, but goes to meet danger: one who faces what threatens him directly has already half-conquered fear, for courage is the readiness to stand even against Death itself, without turning away.