तस्य संदधतश् चेषून् संहितेषुं च कार्मुकम् ॥
अच्छिनत् सात्यकिस् तूर्णं शरैश् चैवाभ्यवीवृषत् ॥
स गाढविद्धो व्यथितः प्रत्यपायाद् रथान्तरम् ॥
दुर्योधनो महाराज दाशार्हशरपीडितः ॥
समाश्वस्य तु पुत्रस् ते सात्यकिं पुनर् अभ्ययात् ॥
विसृजन्न् इषुजालानि युयुधानरथं प्रति ॥
तथैव सात्यकिर् बाणान् दुर्योधनरथं प्रति ॥
प्रततं व्यसृजद् राजंस् तत् संकुलम् अवर्तत ॥
tasya saṃdadhataś ceṣūn saṃhiteṣuṃ ca kārmukam ||
acchinat sātyakis tūrṇaṃ śaraiś caivābhyavīvṛṣat ||
sa gāḍhaviddho vyathitaḥ pratyapāyād rathāntaram ||
duryodhano mahārāja dāśārhaśarapīḍitaḥ ||
samāśvasya tu putras te sātyakiṃ punar abhyayāt ||
visṛjann iṣujālāni yuyudhānarathaṃ prati ||
tathaiva sātyakir bāṇān duryodhanarathaṃ prati ||
pratataṃ vyasṛjad rājaṃs tat saṃkulam avartata ||
As he was fitting arrows, Satyaki quickly severed the bow with the arrow already fitted, and showered him with arrows. He, cruelly pierced, shaken, withdrew to another chariot — Duryodhana, O great king, hard pressed by the arrows of Dasharha [Satyaki]. Having recovered, your son attacked Satyaki again, releasing nets of arrows toward the chariot of Yuyudhana. Likewise Satyaki too released arrows toward the chariot of Duryodhana without pause, O king; a melee arose.
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Duryodhana, hard pressed, withdraws, but 'having recovered' returns to the fight: the persistence of the unrighteous is no less than the persistence of the righteous. It is telling that even one being overcome does not yield. The verse teaches that steadfastness itself is neutral toward rightness: both the righteous and the guilty possess it equally; and the tragedy is that Duryodhana's valor, worthy of a better cause, is squandered on persistence in wrong, prolonging the ruinous strife.