Shloka 25
Duryodhana’s Anxiety, Bhīṣma’s Reassurance, and Renewed Mobilization (दुर्योधनचिन्ता–भीष्मप्रत्याश्वासन–सेनानिर्गमनम्)
सत्यव्रतं च सप्तत्या विद्ध्वा शक्रसमो युधि । नृत्यन्निव रणे वीर आर्ति न: समजीजनत्,युद्धमें इन्द्रके समान पराक्रमी वीर अभिमन्युने सत्यव्रतको सत्तर बाणोंसे घायल करके रणांगणमें नृत्य-सा करते हुए हम सब लोगोंको अत्यन्त पीड़ित कर दिया
satyavrataṃ ca saptatyā viddhvā śakrasamo yudhi | nṛtyann iva raṇe vīra ārtim naḥ samajījanat ||
Sañjaya said: Having pierced Satyavrata with seventy arrows, the heroic Abhimanyu—Indra-like in battle—moved about the battlefield as if dancing, and by his prowess he caused us all intense anguish.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the double-edged nature of martial excellence: extraordinary valor and skill (likened to Indra) can simultaneously become the direct cause of widespread anguish in war. It implicitly points to the ethical cost of battle—glory for the warrior, suffering for those who face him.
Sañjaya reports that Abhimanyu strikes the warrior Satyavrata with seventy arrows. Abhimanyu then ranges across the battlefield with such swift, confident movement that it appears like dancing, and his onslaught causes severe distress to the opposing side.