Shloka 12
Sātyaki’s Call for Intervention and Yudhiṣṭhira’s Vow-Bound Restraint (सात्यकिवाक्यं—धर्मराजस्य धैर्यनिश्चयः)
जानामि वीर्य च जयात्मजस्य कार्ष्णिर्भवत्येष यथा रणस्थ: । साम्ब: ससूतं सरथं भुजाभ्यां दुःशासन शास्तु बलात् प्रमथ्य,मैं अर्जुनकुमार अभिमन्युके भी पराक्रमको जानता हूँ। वह समरभूमिमें खड़ा होनेपर साक्षात् श्रीकृष्णनन्दन प्रद्युम्मके ही समान जान पड़ता है। वीरवर साम्ब बलपूर्वक शत्रुसेनको मथकर अपनी दोनों भुजाओंसे रथ और सारथिसहित दुःशासनका दमन करें
jānāmi vīryaṃ ca jayātmajasya kārṣṇir bhavaty eṣa yathā raṇasthaḥ | sāmbaḥ sasūtaṃ sarathaṃ bhujābhyāṃ duḥśāsanaṃ śāstu balāt pramathya ||
巴拉德瓦说道：“我知晓阇耶之子的英勇。他立于战场之时，宛如奎师那真正的后裔。让英武的三摩婆以臂力碾碎敌军，制服杜沙娑那——连同他的御者与战车，一并以双臂擒拿。”
बलदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the kṣatriya ideal of recognizing proven valor and enforcing restraint through decisive action in war: a warrior who threatens order is to be subdued, and true heroism is measured by steadfastness on the battlefield and the capacity to protect one’s side through strength and discipline.
Baladeva praises the battlefield prowess of Jayā’s son (Abhimanyu), comparing his presence in combat to a Kṛṣṇa-like descendant, and urges that Sāmba should forcibly overpower Duḥśāsana—so completely that he can seize him along with his chariot and charioteer—symbolizing total domination in battle.