Shloka 393
Bhūriśravas–Sātyaki Saṃvāda and Duel; Arjuna’s Intervention (भूरिश्रवाः–सात्यकि संवादः, युद्धम्, अर्जुन-हस्तक्षेपः)
नाकम्पत महाबाहुस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् | जलसंधके बहुत-से बाणोंद्वारा क्षत-विक्षत होनेपर भी पराक्रमी महाबाहु सात्यकि कम्पित नहीं हुए। यह अद्भुत-सी बात थी
nākampata mahābāhus tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
सञ्जय उवाच—नाकम्पत महाबाहुस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्। जलसन्धस्य बहुभिः शरैः क्षतविक्षतोऽपि पराक्रमी सात्यकिः स्थिर एवाभवत्॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Steadfastness under suffering is presented as a heroic virtue: even when wounded by many arrows, a warrior who remains unshaken embodies disciplined courage and resolve, aligning with kṣatriya-dharma in the battlefield context.
Sañjaya reports that Sātyaki, despite being struck and lacerated by numerous arrows during the fighting, did not tremble. The narrator highlights this composure as something astonishing.