Shloka 43
द्रोणपर्व — अध्याय ८७: सात्यकेरनुयात्रा
Sātyaki’s resolve and departure to reach Arjuna
दिव्यमस्त्रं विकुर्वाणान् प्रसहेद् वा परान् मम । अन्यो दुर्योधनात् कर्णाच्छकुने श्वापि सौबलात्
divyam astraṁ vikurvāṇān prasahed vā parān mama | anyo duryodhanāt karṇāc chakuneḥ śvāpi saubalāt ||
ທຣິຕຣາສຕຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອຝ່າຍຕົວຕໍ່ສູ້ປ່ອຍອາວຸດທິບພະຍະອອກມາ, ຝ່າຍຂ້ອຍຍັງມີໃຜອື່ນອີກທີ່ຈະຕ້ານທານໄດ້—ນອກຈາກ ທຸຣະໂຍທະນ, ກັນນະ, ຫຼືແມ່ນແຕ່ ຊະກຸນິ ບຸດຂອງສຸບະລະ?»
धृतराष्ट उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how attachment to one’s own faction narrows judgment: Dhṛtarāṣṭra measures worth chiefly by who can ‘withstand’ violence and divine weaponry, revealing a war-centered ethic that sidelines broader dharma and responsibility.
Dhṛtarāṣṭra, hearing of intense fighting involving celestial weapons, anxiously considers who among the Kauravas is capable of resisting the enemy, naming Duryodhana, Karṇa, and Śakuni (son of Subala) as the principal supports of his side.