द्रोणो ऽपि युधि विक्रान्तो युयुधानं समाहितः ॥
अविध्यत् पञ्चभिस् तूर्णं हेमपुङ्खैः शिलाशितैः ॥
ते वर्म भित्त्वा सुदृढं द्विषत्पिशितभोजनाः ॥
अभ्यगुर् धरणीं राजञ् श्वसन्त इव पन्नगाः ॥
दीर्घबाहुर् अभिक्रुद्धस् तोत्त्रार्दित इव द्विपः ॥
द्रोणं पञ्चाशताविध्यन् नाराचैर् अग्निसंनिभैः ॥
droṇo 'pi yudhi vikrānto yuyudhānaṃ samāhitaḥ ||
avidhyat pañcabhis tūrṇaṃ hemapuṅkhaiḥ śilāśitaiḥ ||
te varma bhittvā sudṛḍhaṃ dviṣatpiśitabhojanāḥ ||
abhyagur dharaṇīṃ rājañ śvasanta iva pannagāḥ ||
dīrghabāhur abhikruddhas tottrārdita iva dvipaḥ ||
droṇaṃ pañcāśatāvidhyan nārācair agnisaṃnibhaiḥ ||
"And Drona, valiant in battle, focused, swiftly pierced Yuyudhana with five gold-feathered arrows sharpened on stone. Piercing his sturdy armor, they entered the earth, o king, feeding on the enemy's flesh like hissing serpents. The long-armed [Satyaki], enraged, like an elephant goaded by a hook, pierced Drona with fifty iron arrows resembling fire."
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Satyaki is likened to an elephant, 'tottrārdita iva dvipaḥ', goaded by a hook: pain does not break him but kindles him into formidable strength. It is telling that his wounds turn in him not into timidity but into redoubled force of response. The verse teaches that pain does not bend the noble but raises them up: like an elephant that only grows fiercer from the goad's prick, the valiant one, having taken harm, becomes more formidable than before, for his spirit is not wounded along with his body.