Shloka 27
जयद्रथवधः — The Slaying of Jayadratha
Sunset Vow and Curse-Condition
प्रतिज्ञां पारयिष्यामि काम्बोजानेव मां वह । अद्यैषां कदनं कृत्वा प्रियं यास्यामि पाण्डवम्,सात्यकि बोले--सूत! जैसे इन्द्र दानवोंका वध करते हैं, उसी प्रकार आज मैं इन मथमुंडे काम्बोजोंका ही वध करूँगा और ऐसा करके अपनी प्रतिज्ञा पूर्ण कर लूँगा। अतः तुम उनन््हींकी ओर मुझे ले चलो। इन सबका संहार करके ही आज मैं अपने प्रिय सुहृद् पाण्डुनन्दन अर्जुनके पास चलूँगा
pratijñāṁ pārayiṣyāmi kāmbojān eva māṁ vaha | adyaiṣāṁ kadanaṁ kṛtvā priyaṁ yāsyāmi pāṇḍavam ||
قال ساتياكي: «سأُتمّ نذري. سُقْني مباشرةً إلى الكامبوجا. اليوم، بعد أن أقطعهم في المعركة، سأمضي إلى الباندافا الحبيب لديّ—أرجونا.»
सूत उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights vow-keeping and loyalty as binding forces in a warrior’s ethics: Sātyaki treats his promise as an obligation that must be completed before he can return to aid Arjuna, showing how dharma in war is often expressed as steadfastness to one’s pledged word and allies.
Sātyaki commands the charioteer to drive him toward the Kāmboja fighters. He declares he will destroy them that very day to complete his vow, and only then proceed to his dear Pāṇḍava—Arjuna—implying urgency to rejoin and support him on the battlefield.