Kṛṣṇa-vīrya-kathana
Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s appraisal of Vāsudeva’s deeds
तमेवंगुणसम्पन्नं दुर्वारमपि दैवतै: । समासाद्य महेष्वासं के शूरा: पर्यवारयन्,इस प्रकार सर्वसदगुणसम्पन्न महाधनुर्धर सात्यकिको रोकना देवताओंके लिये भी अत्यन्त कठिन है। उनके पास पहुँचकर किन शूरवीरोंने उन्हें आगे बढ़नेसे रोका?
tam evaṁ guṇa-sampannaṁ durvāram api daivataiḥ | samāsādya maheṣvāsaṁ ke śūrāḥ paryavārayan |
Vaiśampāyana said: “Who were the heroes that, having closed in upon that great archer—Sātyaki—so richly endowed with virtues and so hard to check that even the gods would find him difficult to restrain, managed to block his advance?”
वैशम्पायन उवाच