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BURISRIVAS Vs SATYAKI & VIOLATION OF WAR RULES BY ARJUNA :
Earlier I had mentioned that Satyaki was instructed by Yudhishtira to reach Arjuna & support him & he despite all odds was moving towards his direction.
While Satyaki was forging ahead, BURISIRAVAS , the son of Somadutta challenged him mid way & there arose a bitter fight between 2 foes from childhood days ( the background I will narrate later as this may disturb the flow of the war sequence ) .
After exchanging challenging words between them, the 2 old foes started to fight . Both poured dense showers of arrows. The fight was tremendous & one of the highlights of the Mahabarath war itself !
The bitter fight went to such an extent that both having lost their chariots & all , resorted to sword fighting which after an extended tenure, also got broken
Now they resorted to wrestling. With both of them are skilled in this also, the fight was interesting as each seized other’s neck , arms etc & this was cheered by a big crowd from both the armies as everyone stopped their fight & watched in awe, the bitter fight .
Both sometimes binding each other with their arms, sometimes striking each other with their heads, sometimes intertwining each other's legs, sometimes pinching each other with their nails, sometimes clasping each other tightly, sometimes twining their legs round each other's loins, sometimes rolling on the ground, sometimes advancing, sometimes receding, sometimes rising up, and sometimes leaping up.
All this were being watched by Arjuna & Krishna at a distance & Krishna’s expressed his concern that Burisiravas is fresh with energy but Satyaki is very tired already & this is not a contest at all.
Krishna urges Arjuna to intercept & protect Satyaki.
But Arjuna was focused on Jayathratha , his main target & he just replied back a huge chunk of arrows that covered him from all corners.
Krishna’s concern deepens now ( SATYAKI IS RELATED TO KRISHNA ) as at this moment, Burisravas lifts Satyakin & exerting vigorously struck Satyaki and brought him down upon the ground.
And like a lion dragging an elephant, Bhurisravas, was found dragging Satyaki.
Now the FINAL moment of the fight comes. Bhurisravas , drawing his sword picked from the nearby area, seized Satyaki by the hair of his head and struck him at the chest with his feet. Bhurisravas then was about to cut off from Satyaki's trunk his head
A PANICKING KRISHNA SCREAMS AT ARJUNA :
NOW THAT THIS IS DO OR DIE SITUATION FOR SATYAKI NOW. IF U HESITATE FOR A SECOND, U CAN SEE THE DEAD BODY OF SATYAKI ONLY.
Thus PROVOKED BY KRISHNA, Arjuna, mentally worshipped
Bhurisravas in that battle, saying,
I am glad that, Bhurisravas, is dragging Satyaki in battle, as if in sport , without slaying Satyaki
Mentally applauding the Kuru warrior thus,
Arjuna, replied to Krishna :
My eyes having rested upon of the Sindhus, I could not, see Satyaki. I shall, however, for the sake of that Yadava warrior, achieve a most difficult feat.
Having said these words, in obedience to Krishna, Arjuna , fixed on Gandiva a sharp razor-headed arrow. That arrow, shot by Arjuna, cut off Burisrivas’s arm with the sword in the grasp
DAY 14 CONTINUES