Shloka 2436
भूरिश्रवसः गर्हा, प्रायोपवेशः, सात्यकिकृतशिरच्छेदः
Bhūriśravas’s Censure, Prāyopaveśa, and Sātyaki’s Beheading
आप्लुतश्न ततो यान॑ चित्रसेनस्थ धन्विन: । राजन! सात्यकिके श्रेष्ठ बाणोंद्वारा समरांगणमें क्षत-विक्षत होकर आपका पुत्र दुर्योधन सहसा भागा और थधनुर्धर चित्रसेनके रथपर जा चढ़ा
āplutaś ca tato yānaṃ citrasenastha-dhanvinaḥ | rājan sātyaki-keśreṣṭha-bāṇair dvārā samarāṅgaṇe kṣata-vikṣataḥ san tava putro duryodhanaḥ sahasā bhāgaḥ, citrasena-dhanurdharasya rathaṃ samāruhya ||
Sañjaya said: O King, then your son Duryodhana—wounded and torn by the arrows of Sātyaki, the foremost among warriors—suddenly fled from the battlefield and climbed onto the chariot of the archer Citraseṇa. The moment underscores how, in war, pride collapses before superior valor, and survival can drive even a king’s son to seek refuge with an ally rather than stand and uphold his boastful resolve.
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