यस्मिन् दानं दमः शौचम् अहिंसा ह्रीर् धृतिः क्षमा ॥
अनपायीनि सर्वाणि नित्यं राज्ञि युधिष्ठिरे ॥
मृदङ्गकेतोस् तस्य त्वं तेजसा निहतः पुरा ॥
सकर्णसौबलः संख्ये विनाशं समुपेष्यसि ॥
शपे ऽहं कृष्णचरणैर् इष्टापूर्तेन चैव ह ॥
यदि त्वां ससुतं पापं न हन्यां युधि रोषितः ॥
अपयास्यसि चेत् त्यक्त्वा ततो मुक्तो भविष्यसि ॥
एवम् आभाष्य चान्योन्यं क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनौ ॥
प्रवृत्तौ शरसंपातं कर्तुं पुरुषसत्तमौ ॥
yasmin dānaṃ damaḥ śaucam ahiṃsā hrīr dhṛtiḥ kṣamā ||
anapāyīni sarvāṇi nityaṃ rājñi yudhiṣṭhire ||
mṛdaṅgaketos tasya tvaṃ tejasā nihataḥ purā ||
sakarṇasaubalaḥ saṃkhye vināśaṃ samupeṣyasi ||
śape 'haṃ kṛṣṇacaraṇair iṣṭāpūrtena caiva ha ||
yadi tvāṃ sasutaṃ pāpaṃ na hanyāṃ yudhi roṣitaḥ ||
apayāsyasi cet tyaktvā tato mukto bhaviṣyasi ||
evam ābhāṣya cānyonyaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanau ||
pravṛttau śarasaṃpātaṃ kartuṃ puruṣasattamau ||
'By an army under the mridanga-standard of that king in whom charity, self-restraint, purity, non-violence, modesty, steadfastness, and forbearance all abide unfailing — always, in King Yudhishthira — you shall soon be struck down by his might, and together with Karna and Saubala [Shakuni] you shall come to destruction in the clash. I swear by the feet of Krishna and by the merit of good deeds: if I, enraged, do not slay you, the wicked one, along with your son, in battle!' Having spoken thus to one another, with eyes crimson from wrath, the best of men set about an exchange of arrows.
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Satyaki swears by the feet of Krishna — the highest of oaths: the Lord's name sanctifies the vow. It is telling that he extols the virtues of Yudhishthira — charity, non-violence, forbearance: the warrior honors the king's righteousness above his own valor. The verse teaches that the true strength of an army lies in the righteousness of its head; and an oath sealed by the feet of the Lord is firm not through the wrath of the one swearing but through the sanctity to which he appeals.