Shloka 17
अर्जुनस्य जयद्रथाभिमुखप्रयाणं तथा कर्णेन प्रतिरोधः
Arjuna’s renewed advance toward Jayadratha and Karṇa’s resistance
ततो ययावर्जुन एव येन निवार्य सैन्यं तव मार्गणौचै: । सदश्वयुक्तेन रथेन राज- ल्लाॉँक॑ विसिस्मापयिषुर्नुवीर:,राजन! तदनन्तर लोगोंको आश्वर्यवयकित करनेकी इच्छावाले नरवीर सात्यकि अपने सुन्दर अश्वोंसे जुते हुए रथके द्वारा बाणसमूहोंसे आपकी सेनाको हटाते हुए उसी मार्गसे चल दिये, जिससे अर्जुन गये थे
tato yayāv arjuna eva yena nivārya sainyaṃ tava mārgaṇair ucchaiḥ | sad-aśva-yuktena rathena rājan visismāpayiṣur nu vīraḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच— ततः ययौ सात्यकिरर्जुनो येन मार्गेण, निवार्य सैन्यं तव मार्गणौघैः। सदश्वयुक्तेन रथेन राजन् विसिस्मापयिषुर्नृवीरः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights kṣatriya-dharma expressed as disciplined courage and loyal action: Sātyaki advances with strategic purpose, clearing a path through forceful but directed combat, emphasizing duty and steadfast support of allies amid the ethical strain of war.
Sañjaya reports to the king that Sātyaki, eager to display prowess, drives his well-horsed chariot along the same route Arjuna took, pushing back the king’s forces with showers of arrows to open and secure the passage.