Shloka 8

अर्जुनस्य गुरुधर्मविलापः तथा शैनेयकर्णयोर्युद्धारम्भः | Arjuna’s Lament on Guru-Dharma and the Opening of the Sātyaki–Karṇa Duel

Devanagari script

द्रोणानीकमतिक्रान्तं भोजानीकं च दुस्तरम्‌

Transliteration

droṇānīkam atikrāntaṃ bhojānīkaṃ ca dustaram

Translation

ద్రోణుని సేనావ్యూహాన్ని అధిగమించి, దాటలేనంత కఠినమైన భోజసేనను కూడా వారు దాటిరి।

Word by Word

• द्रोणानीकम्: Drona's army/host
• द्रोणानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण + अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अतिक्रान्तम्: having crossed/overpassed
• अतिक्रान्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + क्रम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• भोजानीकम्: the Bhoja host/army
• भोजानीकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज + अनीक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• दुस्तरम्: hard to cross/impassable
• दुस्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुस् + तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Droṇa
• Bhoja contingent (Bhojānīka)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the reality that in war even renowned and well-guarded formations can be breached; it implicitly points to the ethical tension of kṣatriya-duty—courage and tactical resolve operating within a tragic field of violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports that the fighters have already forced their way through Droṇa’s formation and then also surmounted the Bhoja contingent, described as especially difficult to overcome.