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तं विद्धि पुरुषव्याघ्रं सात्वतं च महारथम् ॥
स तं महारथं पश्चाद् अनुयातस् तवानुजम् ॥
तम् अपश्यन् महाबाहुम् अहं विन्दामि कश्मलम् ॥
तस्मात् कृष्णो रणे नूनं युध्यते युद्धकोविदः ॥
यस्य वीर्यवतो वीर्यम् उपजीवन्ति पाण्डवाः ॥
स तत्र गच्छ कौन्तेय यत्र यातो धनंजयः ॥
सात्यकिश् च महावीर्यः कर्तव्यं यदि मन्यसे ॥
वचनं मम धर्मज्ञ ज्येष्ठो भ्राता भवामि ते ॥
न ते ऽर्जुनस् तथा ज्ञेयो ज्ञातव्यः सात्यकिर् यथा ॥
चिकीर्षुर् मत्प्रियं पार्थ प्रयातः सव्यसाचिनः ॥
पदवीं दुर्गमां घोराम् अगम्याम् अकृतात्मभिः ॥
taṃ viddhi puruṣavyāghraṃ sātvataṃ ca mahāratham ||
sa taṃ mahārathaṃ paścād anuyātas tavānujam ||
tam apaśyan mahābāhum ahaṃ vindāmi kaśmalam ||
tasmāt kṛṣṇo raṇe nūnaṃ yudhyate yuddhakovidaḥ ||
yasya vīryavato vīryam upajīvanti pāṇḍavāḥ ||
sa tatra gaccha kaunteya yatra yāto dhanaṃjayaḥ ||
sātyakiś ca mahāvīryaḥ kartavyaṃ yadi manyase ||
vacanaṃ mama dharmajña jyeṣṭho bhrātā bhavāmi te ||
na te 'rjunas tathā jñeyo jñātavyaḥ sātyakir yathā ||
cikīrṣur matpriyaṃ pārtha prayātaḥ savyasācinaḥ ||
padavīṃ durgamāṃ ghorām agamyām akṛtātmabhiḥ ||
"Know that one, the tiger among men, Satvata, the great warrior: he followed behind that great warrior, your younger brother. Therefore Krishna, surely, fights in battle, he skilled in battle. Go there, son of Kunti, where Dhananjaya and Satyaki, of great valor, have gone, if you regard it as your duty. You need not watch over Arjuna so much as you must watch over Satyaki."
18bc4bdbe7b2 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:17:33 PM UTC
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The king sends Bhima for Satyaki's sake before all else: "na te arjuno tathā jñeyo… sātyakir yathā" — not so much for Arjuna as for the friend. It is telling that he cares more for the entrusted friend than for his own brother, for it is the friend for whom he bears special responsibility. The verse teaches that responsibility for one whom we ourselves sent into danger weighs heavier: the righteous feel keener anxiety for one entrusted to their care than for one who went by his own will.