Shloka 26
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 125: Duryodhana’s despair and vow after Jayadratha’s fall (जयद्रथवधे दुर्योधनविलापः)
तां तु शक्ति तदा घोरां तव पुत्रस्य सात्यकि:
tāṃ tu śaktiṃ tadā ghorāṃ tava putrasya sātyakiḥ
Sañjaya said: Then Sātyaki confronted that dreadful spear-weapon belonging to your son—an ominous moment in the battle where lethal force and personal enmity converge, testing resolve and the warrior’s duty amid escalating violence.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how war intensifies into exchanges of fearsome weapons, where warriors must meet danger with steadiness and skill; it implicitly raises the ethical tension between duty in battle (kṣatriya-dharma) and the destructive escalation that such duty can entail.
Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki faces a dreadful spear-weapon associated with Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son. The line sets up a critical combat moment, emphasizing the weapon’s terror and the immediacy of the confrontation.