धृष्टद्युम्नं च पाञ्चाल्यम् इदम् आह जनाधिप ॥
अभिद्रव द्रुतं द्रोणं किं नु तिष्ठसि पार्षत ॥
न पश्यसि भयं घोरं द्रोणान् नः समुपस्थितम् ॥
असौ द्रोणो महेष्वासो युयुधानेन संयुगे ॥
क्रीडते सूत्रबद्धेन पक्षिणा बालको यथा ॥
तत्रैव सर्वे गच्छन्तु भीमसेनमुखा रथाः ॥
त्वयैव सहिता यत्ता युयुधानरथं प्रति ॥
पृष्ठतो ऽनुगमिष्यामि त्वाम् अहं सहसैनिकः ॥
सात्यकिं मोक्षयस्वाद्य यमदंष्ट्रान्तरं गतम् ॥
dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pāñcālyam idam āha janādhipa ||
abhidrava drutaṃ droṇaṃ kiṃ nu tiṣṭhasi pārṣata ||
na paśyasi bhayaṃ ghoraṃ droṇān naḥ samupasthitam ||
asau droṇo maheṣvāso yuyudhānena saṃyuge ||
krīḍate sūtrabaddhena pakṣiṇā bālako yathā ||
tatraiva sarve gacchantu bhīmasenamukhā rathāḥ ||
tvayaiva sahitā yattā yuyudhānarathaṃ prati ||
pṛṣṭhato 'nugamiṣyāmi tvām ahaṃ sahasainikaḥ ||
sātyakiṃ mokṣayasvādya yamadaṃṣṭrāntaraṃ gatam ||
"And to Dhrishtadyumna of Panchala he said this, o ruler of people: 'Charge quickly at Drona -- why do you stand still, son of Prishata? Do you not see the terrible danger from Drona come upon us? Yonder Drona, the great archer, plays in battle with Yuyudhana as a child plays with a bird tied by a string. Let all the chariot warriors led by Bhimasena go there, joined with you, prepared -- toward Yuyudhana's chariot. I shall follow behind you with my troops. Free Satyaki now, who has fallen into the jaws of Yama.'"
f0b2e74440b9 · publicado 19 jul 2026, 16:02:23 UTC
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Yudhishthira does not delay for his friend's sake: 'sātyakiṃ mokṣayasva', deliver him, fallen 'yamadaṃṣṭrāntaram', into the very jaws of Yama. He sends the best and follows himself. It is telling that the King of Dharma cares above all for the rescue of a devoted one. The verse teaches that true friendship counts no danger: seeing one dear to him in mortal peril, a friend rouses all to help and takes his own place in the ranks -- for to leave a friend in the jaws of death would be a betrayal of the very duty of love.