न वार्ष्णेयस्यापराधो भवितव्यं हि तत् तथा ॥
तस्मान् मन्युर् न वः कार्यः क्रोधो दुःखकरो नृणाम् ॥
हन्तव्यश् चैष वीरेण नात्र कार्या विचारणा ॥
विहितो ह्य् अस्य धात्रैव मृत्युः सात्यकिर् आहवे ॥
na vārṣṇeyasyāparādho bhavitavyaṃ hi tat tathā ||
tasmān manyur na vaḥ kāryaḥ krodho duḥkhakaro nṛṇām ||
hantavyaś caiṣa vīreṇa nātra kāryā vicāraṇā ||
vihito hy asya dhātraiva mṛtyuḥ sātyakir āhave ||
[Others said:] "It is not the fault of the Vrishni [Satyaki] — for so it was destined; therefore do not be angered: anger is the maker of sorrow for men. And he was bound to fall by a hero's hand; there is no need to deliberate here, for by the Ordainer himself was his death ordained — Satyaki's, in battle."
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Satyaki's defenders appeal to fate: "so it was destined, death was appointed by the Ordainer." It is telling that this appeal to destiny softens but does not justify the deed: being foreordained does not strip the doer of his choice. The verse teaches that "so it was fated" easily becomes a cloak for wrongdoing; and though anger truly breeds sorrow, to lay an evil act on fate alone is to dodge the answer that still rests with the hand that held the sword.