Mahabharata 7.45.3 — Drona Parva, Adhyaya 45, Shloka 3
Droṇa-parva Adhyāya 45: Saubhadra–Lakṣmaṇa-saṃyoga and Kaurava Counter-Encirclement
प्रविश्यैव तु राजेन्द्र क्षत्रियेन्द्रान्लकोपम: । सत्यश्रवसमादत्त व्याप्रो मृगमिवोल्बण:
praviśyaiva tu rājendra kṣatriyendrān lokopamaḥ | satyaśravasam ādatta vyāghro mṛgam ivolbaṇaḥ ||
సంజయుడు పలికెను—రాజేంద్రా! క్షత్రియశ్రేష్ఠులకు యమసమానుడైన అభిమన్యుడు సేనలో ప్రవేశించగానే సత్యశ్రవసును, ఉగ్రవ్యాఘ్రం జింకను పట్టుకునినట్లు, పట్టివేసెను।
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The verse highlights the harsh ethical terrain of kṣatriya-dharma in war: a warrior’s duty and prowess can manifest as swift, lethal action, and the imagery of Death and predator-prey stresses the inevitability and moral gravity of battlefield consequences.
Sañjaya reports to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra that Abhimanyu, upon entering the enemy formation, immediately overpowers and captures/strikes down the warrior Satyāśravas, compared to a fierce tiger pouncing on a deer.
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