Shloka 48

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

यदस्त्रमस्यति द्रोणस्तदेवास्यति सात्यकि:

Transliteration

yad astram asyati droṇas tad evāsyati sātyakiḥ

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ದ್ರೋಣನು ಯಾವ ಅಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ಎಸೆಯುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಸಾತ್ಯಕಿಯೂ ಅದೇ ಅಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಪ್ರತಿಯುತ್ತರ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾನೆ; ರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಡೆತಕ್ಕೆ ಹೊಡೆತ ಸಮವಾಗಿ ತೀರಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

• यत्: which (weapon/that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्त्रम्: weapon, missile
• अस्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अस्यति: hurls, casts
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे)
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular

• द्रोणः: Drona
• द्रोणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (same)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed, just, exactly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्यति: hurls, casts
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (क्षेपणे)
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular

• सात्यकिः: Satyaki
• सात्यकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्यकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Sātyaki

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights disciplined equivalence in action: true mastery in conflict can appear as a precise, proportionate response—meeting force with fitting counterforce rather than uncontrolled aggression.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a direct duel-like exchange in which Droṇa launches weapons and Sātyaki immediately answers with the same kind of weapon, demonstrating that Sātyaki can match Droṇa’s martial prowess.