Shloka 45
धृतराष्ट्र-संजय-संवादः — सात्यकि-अलम्बुसयोर्युद्धवर्णनम्
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Saṃjaya Dialogue; Account of Sātyaki vs Alambusa
प्राविशद् भारतीं सेनामपर्यन्तां च सात्यकि: । सात्यकि कर्णकी विशाल वाहिनीको अपने पैने बाणोंद्वारा घायल करके अपार कौरवी सेनामें घुस गये ।। प्रविष्टे युयुधाने तु सैनिकेषु द्रुतेषु च
sañjaya uvāca | prāviśad bhāratīṃ senām aparyantāṃ ca sātyakiḥ | praviṣṭe yuyudhāne tu sainikeṣu druteṣu ca |
Sañjaya said: Sātyaki forced his way into the vast Bhārata host, seemingly without end. Having struck down and wounded the opposing ranks with his keen arrows, he penetrated deep into the Kaurava army; and when Yuyudhāna had thus entered, the soldiers around him broke and fled in haste. The episode underscores the battlefield ethic of steadfast courage and disciplined resistance, even as it portrays how fear and disorder spread when a formidable warrior breaches the lines.
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