Shloka 62
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 96: Sātyaki’s Line-Penetration, Encirclement, and Advance toward Arjuna
अवश्यं तु मया कार्य साहां सर्वदिवौकसाम् । ममेदं गात्रजं शक्र कवचं गृह भास्वरम्,तथापि मुझे सम्पूर्ण देवताओंकी सहायता अवश्य करनी चाहिये। अतः इन्द्र! मेरे शरीरसे उत्पन्न हुए इस तेजस्वी कवचको ग्रहण करो
avaśyaṃ tu mayā kāryā sahāyāḥ sarvadivaukasām | mamedaṃ gātrajaṃ śakra kavacaṃ gṛhṇa bhāsvaram ||
«Pourtant, il m’est impératif de porter secours à tous les dieux. Ainsi, ô Śakra (Indra), reçois cette armure resplendissante, née de mon propre corps.»
शर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds dharma as obligatory service: even something personally valuable—armor born of one’s own body—may be relinquished when the higher duty is to support the cosmic order represented by the gods.
Śarva addresses Indra, declaring that he must assist the gods and therefore offers Indra a brilliant armor produced from his own body, asking him to accept it as a protective aid.