Shloka 25
सत्यव्रतं च सप्तत्या विद्ध्वा शक्रसमो युधि । नृत्यन्निव रणे वीर आर्ति न: समजीजनत्,युद्धमें इन्द्रके समान पराक्रमी वीर अभिमन्युने सत्यव्रतको सत्तर बाणोंसे घायल करके रणांगणमें नृत्य-सा करते हुए हम सब लोगोंको अत्यन्त पीड़ित कर दिया
satyavrataṃ ca saptatyā viddhvā śakrasamo yudhi | nṛtyann iva raṇe vīra ārtim naḥ samajījanat ||
संजय म्हणाला—युद्धात इंद्रासमान पराक्रमी वीर अभिमन्यूने सत्यव्रतास सत्तर बाणांनी विद्ध करून रणांगणात नाचत असल्याप्रमाणे फिरत आम्हा सर्वांना अत्यंत पीडा दिली।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the double-edged nature of martial excellence: extraordinary valor and skill (likened to Indra) can simultaneously become the direct cause of widespread anguish in war. It implicitly points to the ethical cost of battle—glory for the warrior, suffering for those who face him.
Sañjaya reports that Abhimanyu strikes the warrior Satyavrata with seventy arrows. Abhimanyu then ranges across the battlefield with such swift, confident movement that it appears like dancing, and his onslaught causes severe distress to the opposing side.