Mahabharata 7.116.29 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 116, Shloka 29
Śaineya’s Breakthrough and Reunion with Arjuna (शैनेयस्य समागमः)
सात्यकिं च रणे दृष्टवा प्रविशन््तम भीतवत् । कि नु दुर्योधन: कृत्यं प्राप्तकालममन्यत,सात्यकिको रफक्षेत्रमें निर्भय-सा प्रवेश करते देख दुर्योधनने उस समयके लिये कौन- सा कर्तव्य उचित माना?
sātyakiṃ ca raṇe dṛṣṭvā praviśantaṃ bhītavat | ki nu duryodhanaḥ kṛtyaṃ prāptakālam amanyata ||
Sañjaya dit : Voyant Sātyaki pénétrer sur le champ de bataille comme s’il était sans peur, quel devoir Duryodhana estima-t-il être la conduite juste en cet instant critique ?
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
In a crisis, one must discern kṛtya—what is truly to be done—according to prāptakāla, the demands of the moment. The verse frames ethical action as timely, context-sensitive duty rather than impulse.
Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki advances into the battle with apparent fearlessness. This prompts the question of how Duryodhana, facing that threat, assessed the proper immediate course of action.
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