Shloka 41
(सात्वतस्य च भल््लेन निष्पिष्टैस्तैस्तथाद्रिभि: । न्यपतन् निहता म्लेच्छास्तत्र तत्र गतासव: ।।
saṃjaya uvāca |
sātvatasyaca bhallena niṣpiṣṭaistaiḥ tathādribhiḥ |
nyapatan nihatā mlecchāstatra tatra gatāsavaḥ ||
te hanyamānāḥ samare sātvatena mahātmanā |
abhrāśmavṛṣṭiṃ mahāghorāṃ pātayanti sma sātvatam ||
pāṣāṇayodhinaḥ śūrān yatamānānavasthitān |
nyavadhīd bahusāhasrāṃstadadbhutamivābhavat ||
三阇耶说道：“那些弥勒叉战士被萨特瓦塔的利箭射中，又被箭矢击碎的巨石所压碎，尽皆毙命，尸身横陈，散落各处。然当那大心的萨特瓦塔（萨底耶吉）在战场上斩杀他们之时，他们仍向他倾泻可怖的石雨，宛如岩石的暴云倾注。那些以石为兵的勇士——坚守阵地、力求胜利，数以千计——尽被萨底耶吉尽数诛灭；几乎令人以为是奇迹。”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage highlights steadfastness and martial resolve amid extreme danger: even when attacked by a terrifying barrage, the warrior remains firm in duty. It also underscores the epic’s moral tension—extraordinary prowess in war is narrated with wonder, while the human cost (bodies strewn across the field) is kept plainly in view.
Sañjaya describes Sātyaki (called the Sātvata) striking down Mleccha troops. His arrows shatter rocks into fragments that crush them; as they are being slain, they retaliate by hurling a dreadful rain of stones. Despite their great numbers, Sātyaki kills them all, an event portrayed as astonishing.