Shloka 2
भीष्मस्य मण्डलव्यूहः — Bhīṣma’s Maṇḍala Battle-Formation and the Opening Engagements
प्रगाढं लघु चित्र च दर्शयन् हस्तलाघवम्
sañjaya uvāca | pragāḍhaṃ laghu citraṃ ca darśayan hastalāghavam (yat tat sakhyus tu pūrveṇa arjunād upaśikṣitam) |
બાણો છોડતાં સાત્યકીએ પોતાનું તે પ્રગાઢ, ઝડપી અને વિલક્ષણ હસ્તલાઘવ દર્શાવ્યું—જે તેણે પૂર્વે પોતાના સખા અર્જુન પાસેથી શીખ્યું હતું।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Excellence in action arises from disciplined training and right guidance; skills learned in loyal companionship and proper apprenticeship become instruments for fulfilling one’s duty when circumstances demand decisive action.
During the battle, Sātyaki shoots arrows while exhibiting extraordinary dexterity—swift, deep-rooted, and astonishing—explicitly noted as a skill he had earlier learned from Arjuna; Sanjaya reports this to convey Sātyaki’s prowess and the lineage of his training.