Shloka 18
Chapter 47: Krauñca-vyūha Deployment and Conch-Signals
Kaurava–Pāṇḍava Readiness
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत भीष्मपर्वके श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतापवके अन्तर्गत ब्रह्मविद्या एवं योगशास्त्ररूप श्रीमद्भगवद्गीतोपनिषद् श्रीकृष्णार्जुन-संवादमें मोक्षसंन्यासयोग नामक अठारहवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ
Iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrīmadbhagavadgītāparvaṇi antar-gataṁ brahmavidyā evaṁ yogaśāstrarūpaṁ śrīmadbhagavadgītopaniṣat śrīkṛṣṇārjuna-saṁvāde mokṣasaṁnyāsayoga-nāmakaḥ aṣṭādaśo ’dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ. Nakula uvāca: gate tvayi jyeṣṭhe mama bhrātari bhārata | bhīr me dunoti hṛdayaṁ brūhi gantā bhavān kva nu ||
Sañjaya sprach: So endet im Bhīṣma Parva des Mahābhārata—im Abschnitt, der als Bhagavad Gītā bekannt ist—die Upaniṣad namens Bhagavad Gītā, eine Lehre von Brahman-Erkenntnis und der Disziplin des Yoga, im Gespräch zwischen Śrī Kṛṣṇa und Arjuna; das achtzehnte Kapitel, betitelt „Yoga der Befreiung durch Entsagung“, ist vollendet. Nakula sprach: „O Bhārata, du bist mein ältester Bruder. Da du so dem feindlichen Heer entgegengehst, quält große Furcht mein Herz. Sage mir—wohin gehst du denn?“
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage functions mainly as a formal colophon: it frames the Bhagavad Gītā as an Upaniṣadic teaching of brahma-knowledge and yoga, culminating in the chapter on mokṣa through saṁnyāsa—i.e., liberation grounded in inner renunciation and disciplined action rather than mere external withdrawal.
After the Gītā’s formal conclusion, the scene shifts to a battlefield-context exchange: Nakula, anxious and shaken, addresses his eldest brother (jyeṣṭha) and asks where he is going as he moves toward the enemy forces, expressing the fear that grips his heart.