दशभिः सात्यकिं विद्ध्वा सौमदत्तिर् अथापरान् ॥
मुमोच निशितान् बाणाञ् जिघांसुः शिनिपुंगवम् ॥
तान् अस्य विशिखांस् तीक्ष्णान् अन्तरिक्षे विशां पते ॥
अप्राप्तान् अस्त्रमायाभिर् अग्रसत् सात्यकिः प्रभो ॥
तौ पृथक् शरवर्षाभ्याम् अवर्षेतां परस्परम् ॥
उत्तमाभिजनौ वीरौ कुरुवृष्णियशस्करौ ॥
daśabhiḥ sātyakiṃ viddhvā saumadattir athāparān ||
mumoca niśitān bāṇāñ jighāṃsuḥ śinipuṃgavam ||
tān asya viśikhāṃs tīkṣṇān antarikṣe viśāṃ pate ||
aprāptān astramāyābhir agrasat sātyakiḥ prabho ||
tau pṛthak śaravarṣābhyām avarṣetāṃ parasparam ||
uttamābhijanau vīrau kuruvṛṣṇiyaśaskarau ||
Having pierced Sātyaki with ten arrows, Saumadatti then loosed other sharp arrows, desiring to slay the bull of Śini. Those his sharp arrows in the air, O lord of peoples, not yet having arrived, Sātyaki swallowed up by the craft of astras, O lord. Those two, each in turn, poured showers of arrows upon each other, highborn heroes, makers of glory for the Kurus and the Vṛṣṇis.
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Sātyaki swallows the enemy's arrows still in flight through the craft of astras: mastery meets the blow before it reaches its mark. It is telling that both are called "makers of glory" for their lineages: their valor is an honor not to themselves alone but to their line. The verse teaches that the highest skill forestalls a threat before it comes to pass; and valor that serves the glory of one's lineage, rather than mere pride, is worthier than any won for oneself alone.