Mahabharata 3.21.18 — Vana Parva, Adhyaya 21, Shloka 18
Dvārakā’s Distress and the Saubha Engagement (द्वारकाव्यग्रता तथा सौभयुद्धम्)
बलदेवो महाबाहुः कच्चिज्जीवति शत्रुहा । सात्यकी रौक्मिणेयश्व चारुदेष्णश्न वीर्यवान्
baladevo mahābāhuḥ kaccij jīvati śatruhā | sātyakī raukmiṇeyaś ca cārudeṣṇaś ca vīryavān ||
શત્રુહંતા મહાબાહુ બલદેવ શું હજી જીવિત છે? અને સાત્યકી, રુક્મિણીનંદન પ્રદ્યુમ્ન તથા વીర్యવાન ચારુદેષ્ણ—તેઓ પણ જીવિત છે કે કેમ?
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even amid crushing uncertainty and grief, a warrior is urged to uphold steadiness and duty: sorrow may arise, but one should not be paralyzed by it; resolve and righteous action must continue.
Vāyu voices anxious questions about whether key Vṛṣṇi heroes—Baladeva, Sātyaki, Pradyumna, and Cārudeṣṇa—are still alive. Reasoning that Vasudeva could not have been killed while such protectors lived, he concludes that Vasudeva and the foremost warriors must have fallen, yet he continues fighting King Śālva.
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