Shloka 7
वर्षा करनेवाले मेघकी भाँति बाणसमूहोंकी वृष्टि करते हुए सोमदत्तने, जैसे बादल सूर्यको ढक लेता है, उसी प्रकार शिनिपौत्र सात्यकिको आच्छादित कर दिया ।। असम्भ्रान्तश्न समरे सात्यकि: कुरुपुड्रवम् । छादयामास बाणौचै: समनन््ताद् भरतर्षभ,भरतश्रेष्ठ) उस समरांगणमें सम्भ्रमरहित सात्यकिने भी अपने बाणसमूहोंद्वारा सब ओरसे कुरुप्रवर सोमदत्तको आच्छादित कर दिया
sañjaya uvāca | varṣā-karaṇavāle megha-kī bhānti bāṇa-samūhōṃ kī vṛṣṭi karate hue somadattane, jaise bādal sūrya ko ḍhak letā hai, usī prakāra śinipautra sātyaki ko ācchādita kar diyā || asambhrāntaḥ samare sātyakiḥ kuru-pravaram | chādayāmāsa bāṇaughaiḥ samanantād bharatarṣabha ||
Sañjaya said: Somadatta, pouring forth volleys of arrows like a rain-bearing cloud, covered Shini’s son Satyaki as a cloud veils the sun. Yet Satyaki, unshaken amid the clash of arms, answered in kind—enveloping the foremost Kuru, Somadatta, on every side with a flood of arrows.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores composure and resolve under attack: even when overwhelmed, a warrior grounded in kshatriya-dharma does not lose clarity (asambhrāntaḥ) and responds with disciplined strength rather than panic.
Somadatta unleashes dense volleys of arrows, metaphorically covering Satyaki like a cloud covering the sun. Satyaki remains steady and counters by surrounding Somadatta from all sides with his own arrow-torrent.