तं यान्तम् अश्वैः शशिशङ्खवर्णैर्; विगाह्य सैन्यं पुरुषप्रवीरम् ॥
नाशक्नुवन् वारयितुं समन्ताद्; आदित्यरश्मिप्रतिमं नराग्र्यम् ॥
असह्यविक्रान्तम् अदीनसत्त्वं; सर्वे गणा भारत दुर्विषह्यम् ॥
सहस्रनेत्रप्रतिमप्रभावं; दिवीव सूर्यं जलदव्यपाये ॥
taṃ yāntam aśvaiḥ śaśiśaṅkhavarṇair; vigāhya sainyaṃ puruṣapravīram ||
nāśaknuvan vārayituṃ samantād; ādityaraśmipratimaṃ narāgryam ||
asahyavikrāntam adīnasattvaṃ; sarve gaṇā bhārata durviṣahyam ||
sahasranetrapratimaprabhāvaṃ; divīva sūryaṃ jaladavyapāye ||
Him, riding on horses the color of moon and conch, plunging into the army, the heroic man, they could not restrain from any side -- resembling the sun's rays, foremost among men, of unbearable valor, unfailing in spirit, unconquerable, O descendant of Bharata, for all the hosts, with might like the thousand-eyed Indra's -- as the sun in the sky once the clouds have parted.
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Satyaki shines, divi iva suryam jaladavyapaye, like the sun in the sky once the clouds have departed: one who has renounced his own merit for the Lord's sake shines brighter than all. It is telling that his invincibility springs from adinasattva, an undespairing spirit. The verse teaches that one humble before God is unconquerable before men: whoever has laid down pride at the Lord's feet cannot be darkened by anything, and shines like a sun cleared of clouds, for his light is not his own but reflected from the Highest.