Shloka 42

Sātyaki-praveśaḥ and Duryodhana-saṃnipātaḥ

Sātyaki’s passage and Duryodhana’s mass engagement

Devanagari script

भीष्मे च पुरुषव्याप्रे यदिदं सात्वतां वरे । त॑ चास्य मनसा द्रोण: पूजयामास विक्रमम्‌,सात्वतकुलके श्रेष्ठ वीर सात्यकिमें जो यह अस्त्रबल दिखायी देता है, ऐसा तो केवल परशुराममें, कार्तवीर्य अर्जुनमें, धनंजयमें तथा पुरुषसिंह भीष्ममें ही देखा-सुना गया है। ट्रोणाचार्यने मन-ही-मन उनके पराक्रमकी बड़ी प्रशंसा की

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | bhīṣme ca puruṣavyāghre yad idaṃ sāttvatāṃ vare | taṃ cāsya manasā droṇaḥ pūjayāmāsa vikramam ||

Translation

सञ्जय उवाच—सात्वतां वरे युयुधाने यदिदं पराक्रमप्रदर्शनं दृश्यते, तादृशं परशुरामे कार्तवीर्यार्जुने धनञ्जये च पुरुषसिंहे भीष्मे च एव श्रुतपूर्वं दृष्टपूर्वं च। तद् दृष्ट्वा द्रोणो मनसा तस्य विक्रमं पूजयामास प्रशशंस च।

Word by Word

• {'sañjaya uvāca': 'Sañjaya said', 'bhīṣme': 'in/with Bhīṣma

• referring to Bhīṣma as a comparable exemplar', 'puruṣavyāghre': 'tiger among men

• an epithet for an outstanding hero', 'yad idam': 'this which (is seen here)

• this present manifestation', 'sāttvatām vare': 'in the best of the Sāttvatas (i.e., among the Vṛṣṇis/Yādavas)

• here pointing to Sātyaki', 'taṃ': 'that (valor/feat)', 'asya': 'of him

• of that hero (Sātyaki)', 'manasā': 'in his mind

• inwardly', 'droṇaḥ': 'Droṇa (Droṇācārya)', 'pūjayāmāsa': 'honored, revered, paid homage to', 'vikramam': 'valor, heroic prowess, martial might'}

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa (Droṇācārya)
• Sāttvatas
• Sātyaki
• Paraśurāma
• Kārtavīrya Arjuna
• Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid war, true greatness includes the capacity to recognize excellence in an opponent. Droṇa’s inward praise highlights an ethical ideal within kṣatriya culture: honoring valor and skill as objective virtues, not merely as partisan assets.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki’s extraordinary martial display is comparable only to legendary exemplars (Paraśurāma, Kārtavīrya Arjuna, Arjuna, and Bhīṣma). Witnessing this, Droṇa mentally pays homage to Sātyaki’s prowess.