ते हन्यमाना वीरेण म्लेच्छाः सात्यकिना रणे ॥
शतशो न्यपतंस् तत्र व्यसवो वसुधातले ॥
सुपूर्णायतमुक्तैस् तान् अव्यवच्छिन्नपिण्डितैः ॥
पञ्च षट् सप्त चाष्टौ च बिभेद यवनाञ् शरैः ॥
काम्बोजानां सहस्रैस् तु शकानां च विशां पते ॥
शबराणां किरातानां बर्बराणां तथैव च ॥
te hanyamānā vīreṇa mlecchāḥ sātyakinā raṇe ||
śataśo nyapataṃs tatra vyasavo vasudhātale ||
supūrṇāyatamuktais tān avyavacchinnapiṇḍitaiḥ ||
pañca ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau ca bibheda yavanāñ śaraiḥ ||
kāmbojānāṃ sahasrais tu śakānāṃ ca viśāṃ pate ||
śabarāṇāṃ kirātānāṃ barbarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca ||
They, the mlecchas, struck down by the hero Satyaki in battle, fell there by the hundreds, lifeless upon the ground. With shafts fully drawn and loosed, dense and unbroken, he pierced five, six, seven, and eight Yavanas with a single arrow. And by the thousands the Kambojas and Shakas, O lord of peoples, the Shabaras, Kiratas, and likewise the Barbaras...
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A single arrow of Satyaki pierces through five to eight enemies at once: might and precision are fused into one. It is notable that his strength is not scattered but concentrated. The verse teaches that gathered, directed force surpasses power spread thin: where another's arrow strikes but one man, in the hand of a master who has mastered himself it pierces many — for true might lies not in the abundance of blows but in their concentrated precision.