Shloka 8

Devanagari script

न चैनं संयुगे कश्चित्‌ समर्थ: प्रतिवीक्षितुम्‌ । न चैनमर्जुनो जातु प्रतियुध्येत धर्मवित्‌,“रणभूमिमें दूसरा कोई योद्धा उनकी ओर देखनेमें भी समर्थ नहीं है (युद्ध करना तो दूरकी बात है) और धर्मके ज्ञाता अर्जुन कदापि उनके साथ (मन लगाकर) युद्ध नहीं करेंगे!

Transliteration

na cainaṃ saṃyuge kaścit samarthaḥ prativīkṣitum | na cainam arjuno jātu pratiyudhyeta dharmavit ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: “In the press of battle, no warrior is capable even of facing him with a steady gaze—let alone fighting him. And Arjuna, though a knower of dharma, will never truly engage him in combat.”

Word by Word

नnot

चand

एनम्him

संयुगेin battle

कश्चित्anyone

समर्थःcapable

प्रतिवीक्षितुम्to look at / to face with the eyes

नnot

चand

एनम्him

अर्जुनःArjuna

जातुever / at any time

प्रतियुध्येतwould fight against

धर्मवित्knower of dharma

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Arjuna

saṃyuga (battlefield)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes