प्रशाम्यमाने शैनेये सहदेवेन मारिष ॥
पाञ्चालराजस्य सुतः प्रहसन्न् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
मुञ्च मुञ्च शिनेः पौत्रं भीम युद्धमदान्वितम् ॥
आसादयतु माम् एष धराधरम् इवानिलः ॥
यावद् अस्य शितैर् बाणैः संरम्भं विनयाम्य् अहम् ॥
युद्धश्रद्धां च कौन्तेय जीवितस्य च संयुगे ॥
praśāmyamāne śaineye sahadevena māriṣa ||
pāñcālarājasya sutaḥ prahasann idam abravīt ||
muñca muñca śineḥ pautraṃ bhīma yuddhamadānvitam ||
āsādayatu mām eṣa dharādharam ivānilaḥ ||
yāvad asya śitair bāṇaiḥ saṃrambhaṃ vinayāmy aham ||
yuddhaśraddhāṃ ca kaunteya jīvitasya ca saṃyuge ||
While the Shaineya [Satyaki] was being calmed by Sahadeva, O venerable one, the son of the king of Panchala, laughing, said this: "Let go, let go the grandson of Shini, O Bhima, possessed by battle-fury; let him fall upon me as the wind upon a mountain. Until with sharp arrows I subdue his fury, and his zeal for battle, O Kaunteya, and for life, in the fight."
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No sooner had Sahadeva softened Satyaki than Dhrishtadyumna fans the flame again with mockery: "let him go -- I will tame him with arrows." What stands out is that the peacemaking of one is set against the provocation of another: reconciliation is fragile while even one still craves the quarrel. The verse teaches that peace requires the consent of both sides -- one mocker can undo the peacemaker's labor; and he who, for wounded pride, pours oil on the fire sins against the common good.