Shloka 47
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा
Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna
दृष्टवेमां फलनिर्व॑त्ति मनन््ये शोचन्ति पुत्रका: । सेनां दृष्टवाभिभूतां मे शैनेयेनार्जुनेन च,विदुरने भविष्यमें होनेवाली दूरतककी घटनाओंको ध्यानमें रखकर जो बातें कही थीं, उन्हींके अनुसार इस समय हमें यह फल मिल रहा है। इसे देखकर मैं यह समझता हूँ कि मेरे पुत्र सात्यकि और अर्जुनके द्वारा अपनी सेनाका संहार देखते हुए शोक कर रहे होंगे
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca | dṛṣṭvemāṁ phalanirvṛttiṁ manye śocanti putrakāḥ | senāṁ dṛṣṭvābhibhūtāṁ me śaineyenārjunena ca ||
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: “Seeing this outcome now come to fruition, I think my sons are lamenting. For they behold my army overwhelmed—crushed by Śaineya (Sātyaki) and by Arjuna.”
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the inevitability of consequences: when destructive choices mature into results (phalanirvṛtti), even the powerful must face grief and loss. Dhṛtarāṣṭra recognizes the bitter fruition of the war as his forces are overwhelmed.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing reports of the battle, reflects that his sons are likely mourning because the Kaurava army is being overpowered by Sātyaki (Śaineya) and Arjuna.