चण्डवाताभिसृष्टानाम् उदधीनाम् इव स्वनः ॥
आसीद् राजन् बलौघानाम् अन्योन्यम् अभिनिघ्नताम् ॥
विव्याध सोमदत्तस् तु सात्वतं नवभिः शरैः ॥
सात्यकिर् दशभिश् चैनम् अवधीत् कुरुपुंगवम् ॥
सो ऽतिविद्धो बलवता समरे दृढधन्वना ॥
रथोपस्थं समासाद्य मुमोह गतचेतनः ॥
तं विमूढं समालक्ष्य सारथिस् त्वरयान्वितः ॥
अपोवाह रणाद् वीरं सोमदत्तं महारथम् ॥
caṇḍavātābhisṛṣṭānām udadhīnām iva svanaḥ ||
āsīd rājan balaughānām anyonyam abhinighnatām ||
vivyādha somadattas tu sātvataṃ navabhiḥ śaraiḥ ||
sātyakir daśabhiś cainam avadhīt kurupuṃgavam ||
so 'tividdho balavatā samare dṛḍhadhanvanā ||
rathopasthaṃ samāsādya mumoha gatacetanaḥ ||
taṃ vimūḍhaṃ samālakṣya sārathis tvarayānvitaḥ ||
apovāha raṇād vīraṃ somadattaṃ mahāratham ||
Like the roar of oceans stirred up by a fierce wind, so it was, o king, among the streams of armies striking one another. Somadatta pierced Satvata with nine arrows, and Satyaki struck him, the bull among the Kurus, with ten. He, sorely pierced in battle by the mighty, firm-bowed Satyaki, sank onto the floor of his chariot and swooned, losing his senses. Seeing him senseless, the charioteer hastily carried the hero Somadatta, the mahāratha, from the field.
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The armies roar like oceans stirred by wind: an image of boundless, elemental fury. It is telling that even fearsome Somadatta, in his hour, loses consciousness and is carried away: no one is invulnerable. The verse teaches that a feud swollen to the size of an ocean spares not even the strongest; and one who entered battle fearsomely may be borne off senseless — a lesson in the fickleness of all power.