Shloka 46
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Sañjaya-saṃvādaḥ; madhyāhna-saṅgrāma-pravṛttiḥ
Dhritarashtra–Sanjaya dialogue and the midday battle escalation
तमजेय राक्षसेन्द्रं संख्ये मघवता अपि । शैनेय: प्राणदज्जित्वा योधानां तव पश्यताम्
tam ajeyaṁ rākṣasendraṁ saṅkhye maghavatā api | śaineyaḥ prāṇadad jitvā yodhānāṁ tava paśyatām ||
Sañjaya dit : Sous les yeux mêmes de tes guerriers, Śaineya (Sātyaki) triompha au combat de ce roi des rākṣasas, Alambuṣa, que l’on disait invincible même pour Maghavat (Indra). Ayant vaincu au péril de sa vie, Sātyaki poussa alors un cri de lion, proclamant sa vaillance.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣātra-dharma in its battlefield form: steadfast courage and skill must be joined with readiness to risk one’s life for one’s cause. It also shows how public victory and the lion-roar function ethically and socially as affirmation of valor and as morale for one’s allies.
Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Sātyaki (Śaineya) defeats the formidable Rākṣasa-king Alambuṣa—so mighty that even Indra is invoked as a benchmark of power—doing so in full view of the Kaurava fighters, and then gives a triumphant lion-like roar.