Shloka 5
Droṇa Interdicts Sātyaki; Sātyaki’s Breakthrough and Duel with Kṛtavarmā (द्रोण-निवारणम्, सात्यकि-प्रवेशः, कृतवर्म-युद्धम्)
युद्धकाले पुन: प्राप्ते तदैव भवता यदि । निवर्तिता: स्यु: संरब्धा न त्वां व्यसनमाव्रजेत्
yuddhakāle punaḥ prāpte tadaiva bhavatā yadi | nivartitāḥ syuḥ saṃrabdhā na tvāṃ vyasanam āvrajet ||
ಯುದ್ಧಕಾಲವು ಮತ್ತೆ ಬಂದಾಗ, ಅದೇ ಕ್ಷಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಆ ಕ್ರೋಧಾವಿಷ್ಟರನ್ನು ತಡೆದು ಹಿಂದಿರುಗಿಸಿದ್ದರೆ, ಈ ವಿಪತ್ತು ನಿಮಗೆ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Timely restraint of anger-driven action is presented as a leader’s ethical duty; failure to check the enraged at the decisive moment leads to avoidable calamity.
Sañjaya reflects on a critical wartime juncture, stating that if the addressed person had stopped the furious fighters when battle resumed, the ensuing misfortune would not have befallen him.