Shloka 26
अध्याय १४६ — निशायां सात्यकिदुर्योधनयुद्धम् / Chapter 146 — Night Battle: Sātyaki and Duryodhana; Śakuni’s Encirclement of Arjuna
एतेषां रक्षितारश्न ये स्यु: कस्याज्चिदापदि । अर्थवन्तो न चोत्सिक्ता ब्रह्मुण्या: सत्यवादिन:
eteṣāṁ rakṣitāraś ca ye syuḥ kasyāścid āpadi | arthavanto na cotsiktā brāhmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ ||
सञ्जय उवाच—एतेषां रक्षितारो ये स्युः कस्यचित् आपदि, अर्थवन्तो न चोत्सिक्ताः, ब्राह्मण्याः सत्यवादिनः॥
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
True protectors are defined not merely by power or wealth, but by restraint and character: they have means (arthavantaḥ) without pride (na cotsiktāḥ), and their reliability rests on brahminical virtue and truthfulness (brāhmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ).
Sañjaya is describing the kind of men who can serve as dependable guardians in a time of danger—emphasizing their capacity, humility, and moral credibility—within the larger war-reporting frame of the Droṇa Parva.