Shloka 14
अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel
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sañjaya uvāca | śanair yāhīti yantāram abravīt prahasan iva | idaṃ etat samuddhūtaṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya yad balam | velā iva makarālayam ||
Sañjaya said: Seeing them all rushing to attack, the foremost of the Śinis—Sātyaki—spoke to his charioteer with a smile, “Charioteer, drive slowly.” “This swelling force of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s son, stirred up for battle and surging toward me—filled with elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers—I shall check it here on this great field, making the quarters resound with my chariot’s roar and shaking earth, sky, and even the seas—just as the shoreline holds back the ocean when it rises in full tide.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights disciplined courage: true martial strength is not mere speed or frenzy, but composed confidence and the ability to restrain an overwhelming force—symbolized by the shore that holds back the surging sea.
Sātyaki, seeing the Kaurava host surge toward him, calmly instructs his charioteer to advance slowly, declaring that he will halt the oncoming army like a coastline stopping the rising ocean.