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युक्ताश् च पार्वतीयानां रथाः पाषाणयोधिनाम् ॥
शूराः पञ्चशता राजञ् शैनेयं समुपाद्रवन् ॥
ततो रथसहस्रेण महारथशतेन च ॥
द्विरदानां सहस्रेण द्विसाहस्रैश् च वाजिभिः ॥
शरवर्षाणि मुञ्चन्तो विविधानि महारथाः ॥
अभ्यद्रवन्त शैनेयम् असंख्येयाश् च पत्तयः ॥
तांश् च संचोदयन् सर्वान् घ्नतैनम् इति भारत ॥
दुःशासनो महाराज सात्यक्तिं पर्यवारयत् ॥
yuktāś ca pārvatīyānāṃ rathāḥ pāṣāṇayodhinām ||
śūrāḥ pañcaśatā rājañ śaineyaṃ samupādravan ||
tato rathasahasreṇa mahārathaśatena ca ||
dviradānāṃ sahasreṇa dvisāhasraiś ca vājibhiḥ ||
śaravarṣāṇi muñcanto vividhāni mahārathāḥ ||
abhyadravanta śaineyam asaṃkhyeyāś ca pattayaḥ ||
tāṃś ca saṃcodayan sarvān ghnatainam iti bhārata ||
duḥśāsano mahārāja sātyaktiṃ paryavārayat ||
"And the equipped chariots of the mountaineers, the stone-throwing warriors, five hundred heroes, O king, rushed upon Shaineya. Then with a thousand chariots and a hundred great warriors, with a thousand elephants and two thousand horses, the great warriors, pouring out various showers of arrows, rushed upon Shaineya, along with countless foot-soldiers. And urging them all on — "Strike him down!", O Bharata — Duhshasana, O great king, surrounded Satyaki."
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Against one Satyaki are thrown thousands of chariots, elephants, horses, and countless infantry: disproportion at its extreme. It is telling that even such a multitude was needed against a single man. The verse teaches that the greatness of one is measured by the vastness of the force mustered against him: the more innumerable the host arrayed against a single man, the plainer it becomes that in him alone lies a might exceeding whole armies.