Shloka 44
Bhagadatta’s Advance, the Saṃśaptaka Challenge, and Arjuna’s Counterstrike (द्रोणपर्व, अध्याय २६)
अभिनिक्षेप वेगेन युयुधानस्त्वपाक्रमत् । युयुधान (सात्यकि) अपने रथको छोड़कर दूर हट गये और उस महान् गजराजने शिनिपौत्र सात्यकिके उस रथको सूँड़से पकड़कर बड़े वेगसे फेंक दिया ।। ४३ $ ।। बृहतः सैन्धवानश्वान् समुत्थाप्याथ सारथि:
sañjaya uvāca | abhiniṣkepa-vegena yuyudhānas tv apākramat | bṛhataḥ saindhavān aśvān samutthāpyātha sārathiḥ |
Sañjaya said: With the force of a sudden, violent cast, Yuyudhāna (Sātyaki) withdrew from the spot. Then the charioteer, having roused the Sindhu-bred horses to a great surge of speed, pressed on—while the battle’s momentum turned on swift decisions of retreat and renewed advance, where survival and duty are tested amid relentless violence.
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