ततो विराटद्रुपदौ धृष्टकेतुर् युधिष्ठिरः ॥
सात्यकिः केकया भीमो धृष्टद्युम्नशिखण्डिनौ ॥
यमौ च द्रौपदेयाश् च साधु साध्व् इति चुक्रुशुः ॥
बाणशब्दाश् च विविधाः सिंहनादाश् च पुष्कलाः ॥
प्रादुरासन् हर्षयन्तः सौभद्रम् अपलायिनम् ॥
तन् नामृष्यन्त पुत्रास् ते शत्रोर् विजयलक्षणम् ॥
अथैनं सहसा सर्वे समन्तान् निशितैः शरैः ॥
अभ्याकिरन् महाराज जलदा इव पर्वतम् ॥
तेषां च प्रियम् अन्विच्छन् सूतस्य च पराभवात् ॥
आर्तायनिर् अमित्रघ्नः क्रुद्धः सौभद्रम् अभ्ययात् ॥
tato virāṭadrupadau dhṛṣṭaketur yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ||
sātyakiḥ kekayā bhīmo dhṛṣṭadyumnaśikhaṇḍinau ||
yamau ca draupadeyāś ca sādhu sādhv iti cukruśuḥ ||
bāṇaśabdāś ca vividhāḥ siṃhanādāś ca puṣkalāḥ ||
prādurāsan harṣayantaḥ saubhadram apalāyinam ||
tan nāmṛṣyanta putrās te śatror vijayalakṣaṇam ||
athainaṃ sahasā sarve samantān niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ ||
abhyākiran mahārāja jaladā iva parvatam ||
teṣāṃ ca priyam anvicchan sūtasya ca parābhavāt ||
ārtāyanir amitraghnaḥ kruddhaḥ saubhadram abhyayāt ||
Then Virata and Drupada, Dhrishtaketu, Yudhishthira, Satyaki, the Kekayas, Bhima, Dhrishtadyumna, and Shikhandin -- amid a whistling of arrows of every kind and loud lion-roars -- came forward, cheering on Saubhadra, Abhimanyu, who did not give ground an inch. Then all the enemies at once covered him from every side with sharp arrows, O great king, as storm clouds cover a mountain. And Shalya, son of Ritayana, destroyer of foes, seeking to please the Kauravas and enraged over the death of his charioteer, furiously fell upon Saubhadra.
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उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
The chapter closes on a double movement: the elder heroes of the Pandavas rush to Abhimanyu's aid, while the enraged Shalya bears down upon him. So the young warrior stands "like a mountain beneath clouds of arrows" -- an image of steadfastness besieged from every side. It is telling that Shalya's fury is roused not by righteousness but "by the death of his own charioteer" and by "seeking to please the Kauravas": his rage is born of wounded pride and servility to a wrongful cause. The verse teaches that the righteous are not abandoned by the faithful in the hour of onslaught; that anger born of pride and servility is not righteous indignation; and that steadfastness like a mountain in a storm is most beautiful when besieged on every side -- and Abhimanyu, not yielding an inch, shows it in its full purity.