दशभिः सात्वतस्यार्थे भीमो विव्याध कौरवम् ॥
सोमदत्तो ऽपि तं वीरं शतेन प्रत्यविध्यत ॥
सात्वतस् त्व् अभिसंक्रुद्धः पुत्राधिभिर् अभिप्लुतम् ॥
वृद्धम् ऋद्धं गुणैः सर्वैर् ययातिम् इव नाहुषम् ॥
विव्याध दशभिस् तीक्ष्णैः शरैर् वज्रनिपातिभिः ॥
शक्त्या चैनम् अथाहत्य पुनर् विव्याध सप्तभिः ॥
daśabhiḥ sātvatasyārthe bhīmo vivyādha kauravam ||
somadatto 'pi taṃ vīraṃ śatena pratyavidhyata ||
sātvatas tv abhisaṃkruddhaḥ putrādhibhir abhiplutam ||
vṛddham ṛddhaṃ guṇaiḥ sarvair yayātim iva nāhuṣam ||
vivyādha daśabhis tīkṣṇaiḥ śarair vajranipātibhiḥ ||
śaktyā cainam athāhatya punar vivyādha saptabhiḥ ||
With ten arrows, for Satyaki's sake, Bhima pierced the Kauravya Somadatta; and that hero Somadatta struck him back with a hundred. Satvata [Satyaki], greatly enraged, then pierced the old man — rich in every virtue like Yayati, son of Nahusha, and overcome by grief for his son — with ten sharp arrows striking like the thunderbolt, and, having struck him with a lance, pierced him again with seven.
b62dde38f1a9 · प्रकाशित 19 जुल॰ 2026, 4:40:45 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Somadatta, "rich in every virtue, like Yayati," is nonetheless overcome by grief for his son: even valor and virtue do not shield a father from sorrow. Tellingly, the poet honors him — old, worthy — even as an enemy. The verse teaches that a parent's grief wounds even the greatest; and the chronicle gives due honor to the fallen man's dignity without diminishing it merely because he stood on the wrong side.