Shloka 286
Adhyāya 21 — Duryodhanasya bāṇavarṣaḥ
Duryodhana’s Arrow-Storm and the Dust-Obscured Engagements
अभ्यधावत् कृपो राजन् जिधघांसु: शिनिपुज्भवम् | शत्रुदमन नरेश! कृतवर्माके घोड़ों और सारथिको मारा गया देख कृपाचार्य सात्यकिको मार डालनेकी इच्छासे वहाँ दौड़े हुए आये
abhyadhāvat kṛpo rājan jighāṃsuḥ śinipūjabhavam | śatrudamana nareśa kṛtavarmāke ghōṛōṃ aura sārathikō mārā gayā dēkha kṛpācārya sātyakiko mār ḍālanekī icchāse vahāṃ dauṛe huē āye
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “O Hari, sumugod si Kripa, uhaw na patayin ang inapo ng angkan ng Śini. O tagapagpabagsak ng kaaway, nang makita niyang napatay ang mga kabayo at ang tagapagmaneho ni Kṛtavarmā, ang gurong si Kṛpa ay tumakbo roon na may matibay na pasyang pabagsakin si Sātyaki.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how battlefield loyalty and retaliation can swiftly escalate into personal vendetta. It implicitly cautions that even revered figures (like a preceptor) may be driven by wrath and factional duty, showing the ethical strain war places on discernment (dharma-viveka).
Sañjaya reports to the king that Kṛpācārya, seeing Kṛtavarmā’s horses and charioteers killed, charges forward with the intention of killing Sātyaki, identified as a descendant of the Śini lineage.