पश्य मे सूत विक्रान्तम् इन्द्रस्येव महामृधे ॥
एष सैन्यानि शत्रूणां विधमामि शितैः शरैः ॥
निहतान् आहवे पश्य पदात्यश्वरथद्विपान् ॥
मच्छरैर् अग्निसंकाशैर् विदेहासून् सहस्रशः ॥
इत्य् एवं ब्रुवतस् तस्य सात्यकेर् अमितौजसः ॥
समीपं सैनिकास् ते तु शीघ्रम् ईयुर् युयुत्सवः ॥
जह्य् आद्रवस्व तिष्ठेति पश्य पश्येति वादिनः ॥
paśya me sūta vikrāntam indrasyeva mahāmṛdhe ||
eṣa sainyāni śatrūṇāṃ vidhamāmi śitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
nihatān āhave paśya padātyaśvarathadvipān ||
maccharair agnisaṃkāśair videhāsūn sahasraśaḥ ||
ity evaṃ bruvatas tasya sātyaker amitaujasaḥ ||
samīpaṃ sainikās te tu śīghram īyur yuyutsavaḥ ||
jahy ādravasva tiṣṭheti paśya paśyeti vādinaḥ ||
"Behold my valor, O charioteer, like Indra's in a great battle. Behold, I shall scatter the armies of the enemies with sharpened arrows. Behold the slain in battle — foot soldiers, horses, chariots, elephants — by my arrows, resembling fire, lifeless, by the thousands." While Sātyaki, of boundless might, was speaking thus, your soldiers, eager for battle, swiftly drew near.
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Satyaki does not boast emptily: his word of valor is at once matched by deed — the enemies draw near, and he meets them. It is telling that his confidence is not vanity but a sober knowledge of his own strength, grounded in nearness to the Lord. The verse teaches that the speech of the valorous is no empty boast when confirmed by deed: one who speaks of his strength and at once displays it is not boastful but truthful — and words sealed by action are not pride but an honest measure of oneself.