Satyaki Rejoins Arjuna

Verse 1 (7.141.1)

तमुद्यतं महाबाहुं दुःशासनरथं प्रति । त्वरितं त्वरणीयेषु धनञ्जयजयैषिणम् ॥

tamudyataṃ mahābāhuṃ duḥśāsanarathaṃ prati | tvaritaṃ tvaraṇīyeṣu dhanañjayajayaiṣiṇam

Him — the mighty-armed one who had risen up against Duhshasana's chariot, hurrying where haste was needed, wishing for Dhananjaya's victory —

Verse 2 (7.141.2)

त्रिगर्तानां महेष्वासाः सुवर्णविकृतध्वजाः । सेनासमुद्रमाविष्टमनन्तं पर्यवारयन् ॥

trigartānāṃ maheṣvāsāḥ suvarṇavikṛtadhvajāḥ | senāsamudramāviṣṭamanantaṃ paryavārayan

the great archers of the Trigartas, with banners wrought of gold, surrounded as he entered that endless ocean of troops.

Verse 3 (7.141.3)

अथैनं रथवंशेन सर्वतः सन्निवार्य ते । अवाकिरञ्छरव्रातैः क्रुद्धाः परमधन्विनः ॥

athainaṃ rathavaṃśena sarvataḥ sannivārya te | avākirañcharavrātaiḥ kruddhāḥ paramadhanvinaḥ

Hemming him in on every side with a cordon of chariots, those enraged supreme archers showered him with volleys of arrows.

Verse 4 (7.141.4)

अजयद्राजपुत्रांस्तान्भ्राजमानान्महारणे । एकः पञ्चाशतं शत्रून्सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः ॥

ajayadrājaputrāṃstānbhrājamānānmahāraṇe | ekaḥ pañcāśataṃ śatrūnsātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ

Satyaki, alone and of true valour, conquered those princes, fifty foes, resplendent in the great battle.

Verse 5 (7.141.5)

सम्प्राप्य भारतीमध्यं तलघोषसमाकुलम् । असिशक्तिगदापूर्णमप्लुवं सागरं यथा ॥

samprāpya bhāratīmadhyaṃ talaghoṣasamākulam | asiśaktigadāpūrṇamapluvaṃ sāgaraṃ yathā

Having reached the middle of the Bharata host, loud with the slap of palms and full of swords, spears and maces, like an ocean with no boat to cross it,

Verse 6 (7.141.6)

अथैनमनुवृत्तास्तु त्रिगर्ताः सहिताः पुनः । तीव्रेण रथवंशेन महता पर्यवारयन् । विकर्षन्तोऽतिमात्राणि चापानि भरतर्षभ ॥

athainamanuvṛttāstu trigartāḥ sahitāḥ punaḥ | tīvreṇa rathavaṃśena mahatā paryavārayan | vikarṣanto'timātrāṇi cāpāni bharatarṣabha

Then the Trigartas, gathered together again, followed after him and surrounded him with a great and fierce array of chariots, drawing their bows to the full, O best of the Bharatas.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and closing quote mark) with which Wikisource marks this verse as an addition. Not in the critical edition's main text; the three lines are its star passage 7.116.5d*0926_01-03 (printed after 7.116.5). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 7 (7.141.7)

तत्राद्भुतमपश्याम शैनेयचरितं रणे । प्रतीच्यां दिशि तं दृष्ट्वा प्राच्यां पश्यामि लाघवात् ॥

tatrādbhutamapaśyāma śaineyacaritaṃ raṇe | pratīcyāṃ diśi taṃ dṛṣṭvā prācyāṃ paśyāmi lāghavāt

There we saw a marvel in the battle, Shaineya's conduct: having seen him in the west, I saw him in the east, so quick was his hand.

Verse 8 (7.141.8)

उदीचीं दक्षिणां प्राचीं प्रतीचीं विदिशस्तथा । पुनर्मध्यगतो वीर आहवे युद्धदुर्मदः ॥

udīcīṃ dakṣiṇāṃ prācīṃ pratīcīṃ vidiśastathā | punarmadhyagato vīra āhave yuddhadurmadaḥ

To the north, the south, the east, the west, and likewise the intermediate quarters, and then back again in the middle — that hero, wild in battle —

Note on the text: The automatic alignment left CE 7.116.7 unmatched. Line 1 is a variant of CE 7.116.7ab (विदिशस्तथा for prasṛtas tathā); line 2 is the CE star line 7.116.7b*0928_01.

Verse 9 (7.141.9)

एकः पर्यचरन्रङ्गे बहुधा स महाबलः । नृत्यन्निवाचरच्छूरो यथा रथशतं तथा ॥

ekaḥ paryacaranraṅge bahudhā sa mahābalaḥ | nṛtyannivācaracchūro yathā rathaśataṃ tathā

he alone, the mighty one, ranged about the field in many ways, as if dancing, the hero moving like a hundred chariots at once.

Note on the text: The automatic alignment found no match. Line 1 is the CE star line 7.116.7b*0928_02 (महाबलः for mahārathaḥ, kept as a variant); line 2 = CE 7.116.7c.

Verse 10 (7.141.10)

तद्दृष्ट्वा चरितं तस्य सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनः । त्रिगर्ताः सन्न्यवर्तन्त सन्तप्ताः स्वजनं प्रति ॥

taddṛṣṭvā caritaṃ tasya siṃhavikrāntagāminaḥ | trigartāḥ sannyavartanta santaptāḥ svajanaṃ prati

Seeing that conduct of his, as he strode like a lion, the Trigartas turned back, burning with distress, toward their own people.

Verse 11 (7.141.11)

तमन्ये शूरसेनानां शूराः सङ्ख्ये न्यवारयन् । नियच्छन्तः शरव्रातैर्मत्तं द्विपमिवाङ्कुशैः ॥

tamanye śūrasenānāṃ śūrāḥ saṅkhye nyavārayan | niyacchantaḥ śaravrātairmattaṃ dvipamivāṅkuśaiḥ

Others, brave men of the Shurasenas, checked him in the battle with showers of arrows, as one restrains a maddened elephant with goads.

Verse 12 (7.141.12)

तैर्व्यवाहरदार्यात्मा मुहूर्तादेव सात्यकिः । ततः कलिङ्गैर्युयुधे सोऽचिन्त्यबलविक्रमः ॥

tairvyavāharadāryātmā muhūrtādeva sātyakiḥ | tataḥ kaliṅgairyuyudhe so'cintyabalavikramaḥ

Satyaki, noble in spirit, dealt with them in but a moment; then he, of inconceivable strength and valour, fought with the Kalingas.

Note on the text: Line 1 differs from CE 7.116.10ab (tān nyavārayad āyastān muhūrtam iva sātyakiḥ), a recension variant; line 2 = CE 7.116.10cd.

Verse 13 (7.141.13)

तां च सेनामतिक्रम्य कलिङ्गानां दुरत्ययाम् । अथ पार्थं महाबाहुर्धनञ्जयमुपासदत् ॥

tāṃ ca senāmatikramya kaliṅgānāṃ duratyayām | atha pārthaṃ mahābāhurdhanañjayamupāsadat

Having passed beyond that impassable army of the Kalingas, the mighty-armed one then reached Partha, Dhananjaya.

Verse 14 (7.141.14)

तरन्निव जले श्रान्तो यथा स्थलमुपेयिवान् । तं दृष्ट्वा पुरुषव्याघ्रं युयुधानः समाश्वसत् ॥

taranniva jale śrānto yathā sthalamupeyivān | taṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghraṃ yuyudhānaḥ samāśvasat

Like a man weary of swimming in water who has reached dry land, Yuyudhana drew breath again on seeing that tiger among men.

Verse 15 (7.141.15)

तमायान्तमभिप्रेक्ष्य केशवः पार्थमब्रवीत् । असावायाति शैनेयस्तव पार्थ पदानुगः ॥

tamāyāntamabhiprekṣya keśavaḥ pārthamabravīt | asāvāyāti śaineyastava pārtha padānugaḥ

Seeing him approach, Keshava said to Partha: "Here comes Shaineya, Partha, following in your steps."

Note on the text: Line 1 is narration (Sanjaya); the speech of Vasudeva (Krishna) begins in line 2 and runs to verse 28, so the verse keeps the narrator as speaker.

Verse 16 (7.141.16)

एष शिष्यः सखा चैव तव सत्यपराक्रमः । सर्वान्योधांस्तृणीकृत्य विजिग्ये पुरुषर्षभः ॥

eṣa śiṣyaḥ sakhā caiva tava satyaparākramaḥ | sarvānyodhāṃstṛṇīkṛtya vijigye puruṣarṣabhaḥ

He is your disciple and your friend, of true valour; this bull among men has made light of all the warriors and conquered them.

Note on the text: Speaker: Vasudeva (Krishna). The speech is unheaded on the page (which prints Sanjaya's heading at verse 1 and again at verse 29); it is introduced by verse 15 and continues through verse 28.

Verse 17 (7.141.17)

एष कौरवयोधानां कृत्वा घोरमुपद्रवम् । तव प्राणैः प्रियतमः किरीटिन्नेति सात्यकिः ॥

eṣa kauravayodhānāṃ kṛtvā ghoramupadravam | tava prāṇaiḥ priyatamaḥ kirīṭinneti sātyakiḥ

Having wrought a terrible havoc among the Kaurava warriors, Satyaki, dearer to you than your own life, comes to you, O Kiritin.

Verse 18 (7.141.18)

एष द्रोणं तथा भोजं कृतवर्माणमेव च । कदर्थीकृत्य विशिखैः फल्गुनाभ्येति सात्यकिः ॥

eṣa droṇaṃ tathā bhojaṃ kṛtavarmāṇameva ca | kadarthīkṛtya viśikhaiḥ phalgunābhyeti sātyakiḥ

Having humbled Drona, and Kritavarman the Bhoja, with his arrows, Satyaki comes to you, Phalguna.

Verse 19 (7.141.19)

धर्मराजप्रियान्वेषी हत्वा योधान्वरान्वरान् । शूरश्चैव कृतास्त्रश्च फल्गुनाभ्येति सात्यकिः ॥

dharmarājapriyānveṣī hatvā yodhānvarānvarān | śūraścaiva kṛtāstraśca phalgunābhyeti sātyakiḥ

Seeking the dear good of the king of dharma, having slain the best of warriors one after another, brave and skilled in weapons, Satyaki comes to you, Phalguna.

Verse 20 (7.141.20)

कृत्वा सुदुष्करं कर्म सैन्यमध्ये महाबलः । तव दर्शनमन्विच्छन्पाण्डवाभ्येति सात्यकिः ॥

kṛtvā suduṣkaraṃ karma sainyamadhye mahābalaḥ | tava darśanamanvicchanpāṇḍavābhyeti sātyakiḥ

Having done a most difficult deed in the midst of the army, the mighty one, longing to see you, comes to you, Pandava — Satyaki.

Verse 21 (7.141.21)

बहूनेकरथेनाजौ योधयित्वा महारथान् । आचार्यप्रमुखान्पार्थ प्रयात्येष स सात्यकिः ॥

bahūnekarathenājau yodhayitvā mahārathān | ācāryapramukhānpārtha prayātyeṣa sa sātyakiḥ

Having fought many great chariot-warriors alone in battle, with the teacher Drona at their head, this Satyaki comes on, Partha.

Verse 22 (7.141.22)

स्वबाहुबलमाश्रित्य विदार्य च वरूथिनीम् । प्रेषितो धर्मराजेन पार्थैषोऽभ्येति सात्यकिः ॥

svabāhubalamāśritya vidārya ca varūthinīm | preṣito dharmarājena pārthaiṣo'bhyeti sātyakiḥ

Relying on the strength of his own arms and having split their host, sent by the king of dharma, Satyaki comes to you, Partha.

Verse 23 (7.141.23)

प्रियः शिष्यश्च ते पार्थ त्वया तुल्यपराक्रमः । विद्राव्य महतीं सेनामेष ह्यायाति सात्यकिः ॥

priyaḥ śiṣyaśca te pārtha tvayā tulyaparākramaḥ | vidrāvya mahatīṃ senāmeṣa hyāyāti sātyakiḥ

Your dear disciple, Partha, equal to you in prowess, having routed the great army, here comes Satyaki.

Note on the text: Corrected विद्राव्यं → विद्राव्य (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara on the gerund; compare the critical edition's vidārya kauravīṃ senām). Not in the critical edition's main text; line 1 is the CE star line 7.116.20d*0931_01 and line 2 corresponds to *0931_02 (printed after 7.116.20; महतीं for kauravīṃ, विद्राव्य for vidārya). The automatic alignment found no match.

Verse 24 (7.141.24)

यस्य नास्ति समो योधः कौरवेषु कथञ्चन । सोऽयमायाति कौन्तेय सात्यकिर्युद्धदुर्मदः ॥

yasya nāsti samo yodhaḥ kauraveṣu kathañcana | so'yamāyāti kaunteya sātyakiryuddhadurmadaḥ

He who has no equal among the Kauravas in any way — this Satyaki, wild in battle, comes, son of Kunti.

Verse 25 (7.141.25)

कुरुसैन्याद्विमुक्तो वै सिंहो मध्याद्गवामिव । निहत्य बहुलाः सेनाः पार्थैषोऽभ्येति सात्यकिः ॥

kurusainyādvimukto vai siṃho madhyādgavāmiva | nihatya bahulāḥ senāḥ pārthaiṣo'bhyeti sātyakiḥ

Like a lion freed from the midst of a herd of cattle, released from the Kuru army, having slain many hosts, Satyaki comes to you, Partha.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्थैषोऽब्येति → पार्थैषोऽभ्येति (misprint in Wikisource; ब for भ; the critical edition has pārthaiṣo 'bhyeti).

Verse 26 (7.141.26)

एष राजसहस्राणां वक्त्रैः पङ्कजसन्निभैः । आस्तीर्य वसुधां पार्थ क्षिप्रमायाति सात्यकिः ॥

eṣa rājasahasrāṇāṃ vaktraiḥ paṅkajasannibhaiḥ | āstīrya vasudhāṃ pārtha kṣipramāyāti sātyakiḥ

Having strewn the earth with the lotus-like faces of thousands of kings, Satyaki comes swiftly, Partha.

Verse 27 (7.141.27)

एष दुर्योधनं जित्वा भ्रातृभिः सहितं रणे । निहत्य जलसन्धं च क्षिप्रमायाति सात्यकिः ॥

eṣa duryodhanaṃ jitvā bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaṃ raṇe | nihatya jalasandhaṃ ca kṣipramāyāti sātyakiḥ

Having defeated Duryodhana in battle, with his brothers, and slain Jalasandha, Satyaki comes swiftly.

Verse 28 (7.141.28)

रुधिरौघवतीं कृत्वा नदीं शोणितकर्दमाम् । तृणवद्व्यस्य कौरव्यानेष ह्यायाति सात्यकिः ॥

rudhiraughavatīṃ kṛtvā nadīṃ śoṇitakardamām | tṛṇavadvyasya kauravyāneṣa hyāyāti sātyakiḥ

Having made a river of blood with mud of gore, and flung the Kauravas aside like blades of grass, Satyaki comes.

Verse 29 (7.141.29)

ततोऽप्रहृष्टः कौन्तेयः केशवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । न मे प्रियं महाबाहो यन्मामभ्येति सात्यकिः ॥

tato'prahṛṣṭaḥ kaunteyaḥ keśavaṃ vākyamabravīt | na me priyaṃ mahābāho yanmāmabhyeti sātyakiḥ

Then Kaunteya, not rejoiced, said to Keshava: "It does not please me, mighty-armed one, that Satyaki is coming to me."

Note on the text: Corrected ततः प्रहृष्टः → ततोऽप्रहृष्टः (misprint in Wikisource; the avagraha and अ are lost, which reverses the sense — Arjuna is displeased, as his words in line 2 show; the critical edition has tato 'prahṛṣṭaḥ). Line 1 is narration (Sanjaya); Arjuna's speech begins in line 2 and runs to verse 39.

Verse 30 (7.141.30)

न हि जानामि वृत्तान्तं धर्मराजस्य केशव । सात्वतेन विहीनः स यदि जीवति वा न वा ॥

na hi jānāmi vṛttāntaṃ dharmarājasya keśava | sātvatena vihīnaḥ sa yadi jīvati vā na vā

I do not know how matters stand with the king of dharma, Keshava — whether, without the Satvata, he lives or not.

Note on the text: Speaker: Arjuna (the speech is unheaded on the page; it is introduced in verse 29).

Verse 31 (7.141.31)

एतेन हि महाबाहो रक्षितव्यः स पार्थिवः । तमेष कथमुत्सृज्य मम कृष्ण पदानुगः ॥

etena hi mahābāho rakṣitavyaḥ sa pārthivaḥ | tameṣa kathamutsṛjya mama kṛṣṇa padānugaḥ

It was by him, mighty-armed one, that the king was to be guarded. How has he left him and come after me, Krishna, to follow in my steps?

Verse 32 (7.141.32)

राजा द्रोणाय चोत्सृष्टः सैन्धवश्चानिपातितः । प्रत्युद्याति च शैनेयमेष भूरिश्रवा रणे ॥

rājā droṇāya cotsṛṣṭaḥ saindhavaścānipātitaḥ | pratyudyāti ca śaineyameṣa bhūriśravā raṇe

The king has been left to Drona, the Saindhava has not yet been felled, and here is Bhurishravas coming out against Shaineya in the battle.

Verse 33 (7.141.33)

सोऽयं गुरुतरो भारः सैन्धवार्थे समाहितः । ज्ञातव्यश्च हि मे राजा रक्षितव्यश्च सात्यकिः ॥

so'yaṃ gurutaro bhāraḥ saindhavārthe samāhitaḥ | jñātavyaśca hi me rājā rakṣitavyaśca sātyakiḥ

This is the heavier burden laid on me for the Saindhava's sake: I must learn how the king fares, and Satyaki must be protected.

Verse 34 (7.141.34)

जयद्रथश्च हन्तव्यो लम्बते च दिवाकरः । श्रान्तश्चैष महाबाहुरल्पप्राणश्च साम्प्रतम् ॥

jayadrathaśca hantavyo lambate ca divākaraḥ | śrāntaścaiṣa mahābāhuralpaprāṇaśca sāmpratam

Jayadratha must be slain, and the sun is sinking; and this mighty-armed one is weary and has little strength left now.

Verse 35 (7.141.35)

परिश्रान्ता हयाश्चास्य हययन्ता च माधव । न च भूरिश्रवाः श्रान्तः ससहायश्च केशव ॥

pariśrāntā hayāścāsya hayayantā ca mādhava | na ca bhūriśravāḥ śrāntaḥ sasahāyaśca keśava

His horses are worn out, and his charioteer too, Madhava; but Bhurishravas is not tired, and he has helpers, Keshava.

Verse 36 (7.141.36)

अपीदानीं भवेदस्य क्षेममस्मिन्समागमे । कच्चिन्न सागरं तीर्त्वा सात्यकिः सत्यविक्रमः । गोष्पदं प्राप्य सीदेत महौजाः शिनिपुङ्गवः ॥

apīdānīṃ bhavedasya kṣemamasminsamāgame | kaccinna sāgaraṃ tīrtvā sātyakiḥ satyavikramaḥ | goṣpadaṃ prāpya sīdeta mahaujāḥ śinipuṅgavaḥ

Will it go well for him in this encounter? Will Satyaki, true in valour, having crossed the sea, not sink in a cow's hoofprint — he of great strength, the bull of the Shinis?

Verse 37 (7.141.37)

अपि कौरवमुख्येन कृतास्त्रेण महात्मना । समेत्य भूरिश्रवसा स्वस्तिमान्सात्यकिर्भवेत् ॥

api kauravamukhyena kṛtāstreṇa mahātmanā | sametya bhūriśravasā svastimānsātyakirbhavet

May Satyaki come through safe after meeting Bhurishravas, the great-souled chief of the Kauravas, skilled in weapons.

Verse 38 (7.141.38)

व्यतिक्रममिमं मन्ये धर्मराजस्य केशव । आचार्याद्भयमुत्सृज्य यः प्रैषयत सात्यकिम् ॥

vyatikramamimaṃ manye dharmarājasya keśava | ācāryādbhayamutsṛjya yaḥ praiṣayata sātyakim

I think this a lapse on the part of the king of dharma, Keshava, who put aside his fear of the teacher and sent Satyaki away.

Verse 39 (7.141.39)

ग्रहणं धर्मराजस्य खगः श्येन इवामिषम् । नित्यमाशंसते द्रोणः कच्चित्स्यात्कुशली नृपः ॥

grahaṇaṃ dharmarājasya khagaḥ śyena ivāmiṣam | nityamāśaṃsate droṇaḥ kaccitsyātkuśalī nṛpaḥ

As a hawk longs for meat, Drona ever longs to seize the king of dharma. I hope the king is safe.