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अथैनं रुक्मपुङ्खानां शतेन नतपर्वणाम् ॥
आचिनोद् बहुधा राजन् भग्नदंष्ट्रम् इव द्विपम् ॥
अथान्यद् धनुर् आदाय सोमदत्तो महारथः ॥
सात्यकिं छादयाम् आस शरवृष्ट्या महाबलः ॥
सोमदत्तं तु संक्रुद्धो रणे विव्याध सात्यकिः ॥
सात्यकिं चेषुजालेन सोमदत्तो अपीडयत् ॥
दशभिः सात्वतस्यार्थे भीमो ऽहन् बाह्लिकात्मजम् ॥
सोमदत्तो ऽप्य् असंभ्रान्तः शैनेयम् अवधीच् छरैः ॥
athainaṃ rukmapuṅkhānāṃ śatena nataparvaṇām ||
ācinod bahudhā rājan bhagnadaṃṣṭram iva dvipam ||
athānyad dhanur ādāya somadatto mahārathaḥ ||
sātyakiṃ chādayām āsa śaravṛṣṭyā mahābalaḥ ||
somadattaṃ tu saṃkruddho raṇe vivyādha sātyakiḥ ||
sātyakiṃ ceṣujālena somadatto apīḍayat ||
daśabhiḥ sātvatasyārthe bhīmo 'han bāhlikātmajam ||
somadatto 'py asaṃbhrāntaḥ śaineyam avadhīc charaiḥ ||
Then he riddled him in multitude with a hundred gold-fletched, smooth-jointed arrows, O king — like an elephant with broken tusks. Then, taking another bow, Somadatta, the great and mighty warrior, showered Satyaki with a torrent of arrows. Enraged, Satyaki pierced Somadatta in battle, while Somadatta pressed Satyaki hard with a net of arrows. For Satvata's sake, Bhima struck the son of Bahlika with ten arrows; but Somadatta, unshaken, kept smiting Shaineya with arrows.
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The battle widens: Bhima comes to Satyaki's aid, yet Somadatta, 'unshaken,' keeps on striking. This persistence of one battered but not broken is telling — an elephant with shattered tusks is still fearsome. The verse teaches that courage is measured not by victory but by unbending endurance under blows; and the valor of friends rushing to the rescue does not diminish but rather sets off the steadfastness of one who alone holds out against many to his final breath.