रुक्मध्वजो रुक्मपृष्ठं महद् विस्फार्य कार्मुकम् ॥
रुक्माङ्गदी रुक्मवर्मा रुक्मपुङ्खान् अवाकिरत् ॥
ततो ऽशीतिं शिनेः पौत्रः सायकान् कृतवर्मणे ॥
प्राहिणोत् त्वरया युक्तो द्रष्टुकामो धनंजयम् ॥
सो ऽतिविद्धो बलवता शत्रुणा शत्रुतापनः ॥
समकम्पत दुर्धर्षः क्षितिकम्पे यथाचलः ॥
rukmadhvajo rukmapṛṣṭhaṃ mahad visphārya kārmukam ||
rukmāṅgadī rukmavarmā rukmapuṅkhān avākirat ||
tato 'śītiṃ śineḥ pautraḥ sāyakān kṛtavarmaṇe ||
prāhiṇot tvarayā yukto draṣṭukāmo dhanaṃjayam ||
so 'tividdho balavatā śatruṇā śatrutāpanaḥ ||
samakampata durdharṣaḥ kṣitikampe yathācalaḥ ||
Kritavarman, golden-bannered, clad in golden armlets and golden armor, drawing his great golden-backed bow, scattered gold-feathered arrows. Then the grandson of Shini, moved by haste, longing to see Dhananjaya, sent eighty arrows at Kritavarman. He, the tormentor of foes, sorely pierced by his mighty enemy, trembled, unconquerable, like a mountain at an earthquake.
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Even in battle, Satyaki's heart is fixed on one thing — "draṣṭukāmo dhanaṃjayam," to be reunited with Arjuna; Kritavarman is for him only an obstacle on that path of love. It is telling that what drives him is not a thirst for battle but longing for a friend. The verse teaches that true valor is born of love, not of a love for war: the warrior whose heart hastens toward one he cherishes strikes more fiercely than any other, for he fights not for the glory of combat but to be sooner with the one he loves.