अभिद्रवत गृह्णीत हयान् द्रोणस्य धावत ॥
इति स्म चुक्रुशुः सर्वे राजपुत्राः सराजकाः ॥
ते सात्यकिम् अपास्याशु राजन् युधि महारथाः ॥
यतो द्रोणस् ततः सर्वे सहसा समुपाद्रवन् ॥
तान् दृष्ट्वा प्रद्रुतान् सर्वान् सात्वतेन शरार्दितान् ॥
प्रभग्नं पुनर् एवासीत् तव सैन्यं समाकुलम् ॥
abhidravata gṛhṇīta hayān droṇasya dhāvata ||
iti sma cukruśuḥ sarve rājaputrāḥ sarājakāḥ ||
te sātyakim apāsyāśu rājan yudhi mahārathāḥ ||
yato droṇas tataḥ sarve sahasā samupādravan ||
tān dṛṣṭvā pradrutān sarvān sātvatena śarārditān ||
prabhagnaṃ punar evāsīt tava sainyaṃ samākulam ||
"Charge, seize Drona's horses, run to them!" — so cried out all the princes together with the king. Swiftly abandoning Satyaki, O king, in the battle, the great warriors rushed wherever Drona was. Seeing them all fleeing, tormented by Satvata's arrows, your army, in confusion, was broken once more.
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The princes, abandoning Satyaki, hasten to save Drona's chariot: anxiety for the teacher overcomes the pursuit of the foe. It is telling that concern for one's own makes men let go of the enemy. The verse teaches that one torn between two cares loses both: whoever rushes to save one thing releases his hold on the other, and confusion only multiplies — for no one can sit astride two horses, and wavering between goals turns into general disorder.