Shloka 52
धृष्टद्युम्नस्य द्रोणरथारोহণं सात्यकेः प्रतिरक्षणं च | Dhrishtadyumna Boards Droṇa’s Chariot; Sātyaki’s Counter-Protection
वज्सारमयं नूनं हृदयं सुदृढे मम
vajrasāramayaṃ nūnaṃ hṛdayaṃ sudṛḍhe mama
ສັນຊະຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແນ່ນອນ ຫົວໃຈຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຄົງຈະເປັນດັ່ງແກ່ນແຂງດຸດດັ່ງອະດາມັນຕິນ—ແຂງກ້າຫນັກໜ່ວງ—ເພາະຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຍັງອົດທົນ ແລະ ເລົ່າຂ່າວເຫດການອັນນ່າສະພຶງກົວໃນສົງຄາມນີ້ໄດ້»។
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The line highlights the moral-psychological cost of war: even a truthful witness and narrator must cultivate extreme inner hardness to endure the sight and retelling of mass suffering. It implicitly critiques the dehumanizing pressure that prolonged violence places on the heart.
In Drona Parva, Sañjaya continues reporting the battlefield events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Overwhelmed by the horrors he has seen and must describe, he remarks that his heart seems ‘adamantine’ to remain steady while witnessing and narrating such devastation.