स रथेन चरन् मार्गान् धनुर् अभ्रामयद् भृशम् ॥
रुक्मपृष्ठं महावेगं रुक्मचन्द्रकसंकुलम् ॥
रुक्माङ्गदशिरस्त्राणो रुक्मवर्मसमावृतः ॥
रुक्मध्वजवरः शूरो मेरुशृङ्ग इवाबभौ ॥
सधनुर्मण्डलः संख्ये तेजोभास्वररश्मिवान् ॥
शरदीवोदितः सूर्यो नृसूर्यो विरराज ह ॥
sa rathena caran mārgān dhanur abhrāmayad bhṛśam ||
rukmapṛṣṭhaṃ mahāvegaṃ rukmacandrakasaṃkulam ||
rukmāṅgadaśirastrāṇo rukmavarmasamāvṛtaḥ ||
rukmadhvajavaraḥ śūro meruśṛṅga ivābabhau ||
sadhanurmaṇḍalaḥ saṃkhye tejobhāsvararaśmivān ||
śaradīvoditaḥ sūryo nṛsūryo virarāja ha ||
He, [on] his chariot, traversing the paths, fiercely whirled his bow — gold-backed, swift-moving, studded with golden discs. [In] golden armlets [and] helmet, clad in golden armor, [with] the finest golden banner, the hero shone [like] the peak of Meru. [With] the circle of his bow in battle, [with] the radiance of blazing rays, like the sun risen in autumn, the man-sun shone.
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Satyaki is called "nṛsūryaḥ," the man-sun, shining like the autumn sun: an image of pure light that dispels darkness. It is telling that the valor of the devoted is likened not to a destructive flame but to the beneficent light of the sun. The verse teaches that valor given over to service shines like the sun: it is not only fearsome to enemies but life-giving to one's own, for the light of the devoted dispels the gloom of untruth just as the sun dispels the autumn haze.