Shloka 8

Devanagari script

न व्यूहो भिद्यते तत्र कौरवाणां कथंचन । रक्षित: सत्यसंधेन भारद्वाजेन संयुगे,सत्यप्रतिज्ञ भरद्वाजनन्दन द्रोणाचार्यके द्वारा सुरक्षित होनेके कारण कौरव-सेनाका व्यूह किसी प्रकार भंग न हो सका

Transliteration

na vyūho bhidyate tatra kauravāṇāṁ kathaṁcana | rakṣitaḥ satyasaṁdhena bhāradvājena saṁyuge ||

Translation

सत्यप्रतिज्ञ भारद्वाजनंदन द्रोणाचार्य यांच्या संरक्षणामुळे तेथे कौरवांचा व्यूह कोणत्याही प्रकारे भेदला जाऊ शकला नाही.

Word by Word

नnot

व्यूहःbattle-formation/array

भिद्यतेis broken/split

तत्रthere/in that situation

कौरवाणाम्of the Kauravas

कथंचनin any way/at all

रक्षितःprotected/guarded

सत्यसंधेनby the truth-bound (one)

भारद्वाजेनby Bhāradvāja (i.e., Droṇa, descendant of Bhāradvāja)

संयुगेin battle

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

Sañjaya

Kauravas

Droṇa (Bhāradvāja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the power of steadfastness to one’s pledge (satya-saṁdhi) and disciplined guardianship: when leadership is resolute and organized, a collective structure—here, a battle-formation—becomes difficult to disrupt, even under intense pressure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports to Dhṛtarāṣṭra that the Kaurava army’s formation remains intact on the battlefield because Droṇa, the Bhāradvāja, is effectively protecting and maintaining it during the fighting.