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एवम् उक्त्वा सुसंक्रुद्धः सोमदत्तो महाबलः ॥
दध्मौ शङ्खं च तारेण सिंहनादं ननाद च ॥
ततः कमलपत्राक्षः सिंहदंष्ट्रो महाबलः ॥
सात्वतो भृशसंक्रुद्धः सोमदत्तम् अथाब्रवीत् ॥
हतो भूरिश्रवा वीरस् तव पुत्रो महारथः ॥
शलश् चैव तथा राजन् भ्रातृव्यसनकर्शितः ॥
त्वां चाप्य् अद्य वधिष्यामि सपुत्रपशुबान्धवम् ॥
तिष्ठेदानीं रणे यत्तः कौरवो ऽसि विशेषतः ॥
evam uktvā susaṃkruddhaḥ somadatto mahābalaḥ ||
dadhmau śaṅkhaṃ ca tāreṇa siṃhanādaṃ nanāda ca ||
tataḥ kamalapatrākṣaḥ siṃhadaṃṣṭro mahābalaḥ ||
sātvato bhṛśasaṃkruddhaḥ somadattam athābravīt ||
hato bhūriśravā vīras tava putro mahārathaḥ ||
śalaś caiva tathā rājan bhrātṛvyasanakarśitaḥ ||
tvāṃ cāpy adya vadhiṣyāmi saputrapaśubāndhavam ||
tiṣṭhedānīṃ raṇe yattaḥ kauravo 'si viśeṣataḥ ||
Having spoken thus, enraged Somadatta, mighty in strength, blew loudly on his conch and let out a lion's roar. Then lotus-eyed, lion-toothed, mighty Satvata, greatly enraged, spoke to Somadatta: 'Slain is the hero Bhurishravas, your son, a mahāratha, and Shala too, o king, worn out by grief for his brother. And you too I shall slay this day, together with your son, cattle, and kin; stand now, ready for battle — for you are, especially, a Kaurava.'
523d437d3e47 · published Jul 19, 2026, 4:40:45 PM UTC
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Satyaki answers threat with threat: I will kill you along with your kin. It is telling that he says 'kauravaḥ asi viśeṣataḥ' — 'you are, especially, a Kaurava': mere kinship with the instigators of wrong becomes, in his eyes, itself a guilt. The verse teaches that enmity, once kindled, spreads from one man to an entire lineage; and mutual vows of wholesale slaughter show how a feud that begins between two threatens to swallow whole families.