Shloka 793
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 114 — Karṇa–Bhīmasena Missile Exchange, Disarmament, and Arjuna’s Intervention
दिदृक्षुरर्जुनं राजन् धर्मराजस्य शासनात् । राजन्! तदनन्तर धर्मराजकी आज्ञाके अनुसार अर्जुनसे मिलनेके लिये सात्यकि आपकी सेनाकी ओर वेगपूर्वक बढ़े
didṛkṣur arjunaṃ rājan dharmarājasya śāsanāt | rājan tad-anantaraṃ dharmarājakī ājñāke anusāra arjunase milaneke liye sātyaki āpakī senākī ora vegapūrvaka baḍhe
Sañjaya sprach: „O König, Arjuna sehen zu wollen und dem Befehl des Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira) folgend, rückte Sātyaki daraufhin rasch auf dein Heer zu, um Arjuna zu erreichen.“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined action guided by dharma: Sātyaki acts not from personal impulse but in obedience to Dharmarāja’s command, showing that even in war, right conduct includes loyalty to legitimate authority and purposeful action.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Sātyaki, eager to see and join Arjuna, moves swiftly toward the Kaurava forces, doing so specifically because Yudhiṣṭhira has ordered him to go and meet Arjuna.