Shloka 50
एवं गते गुरो: पुत्रे तव पुत्रो महारथ: । कृपकर्णादिश्नि: सार्थ शरै: सात्वतमावृणोत्,गुरुपुत्रकी ऐसी अवस्था हो जानेपर आपके महारथी पुत्र दुर्योधनने कृपाचार्य और कर्ण आदिके साथ आकर सात्यकिको बाणोंसे ढक दिया
evaṃ gate guroḥ putre tava putro mahārathaḥ | kṛpakarṇādiśiṣyaiḥ sārthaṃ śaraiḥ sātvataṃ āvṛṇot ||
Sañjaya said: When the son of the preceptor had been brought to such a plight, your son Duryodhana—the great chariot-warrior—came forward together with Kṛpa, Karṇa, and the others, and covered Sātyaki (the Sātvata hero) with a shower of arrows. The scene underscores how, in the press of war, loyalty to one’s side and the urge to protect a revered leader’s son drive coordinated violence, even as it deepens the moral tragedy of kin and teachers being drawn into relentless combat.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how battlefield dharma often manifests as fierce loyalty and protective action toward one’s commander and comrades; yet it also points to the ethical cost of war, where devotion to one’s faction can intensify violence and suffering without resolving the deeper moral conflict.
After the son of the guru (Aśvatthāmā) reaches a critical condition in the fighting, Duryodhana arrives with Kṛpa, Karṇa, and other warriors and collectively overwhelms Sātyaki by covering him with volleys of arrows.