Shloka 68

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

य इमं परम॑ गुहां मद्धक्तेष्वभिधास्यति । भक्ति मयि परां कृत्वा मामेवैष्यत्यसंशय:

Transliteration

ya imaṁ paramaṁ guhyaṁ mad-bhakteṣv abhidhāsyati | bhaktiṁ mayi parāṁ kṛtvā mām evaiṣyaty asaṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Quiconque exposera ce secret suprême parmi Mes dévots—ayant établi envers Moi la plus haute dévotion—viendra à Moi seul, sans aucun doute.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गुहाम्: secret (mystery/teaching)
• गुहाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुहा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्: of me / my
• मत्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• भक्तेषु: among devotees
• भक्तेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• अभिधास्यति: will declare / will teach
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-धा
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भक्तिम्: devotion
• भक्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मयि: in me / towards me
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Locative, Singular

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made / having established
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• एष्यति: will come / will attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• असंशयः: without doubt
• असंशयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असंशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Krishna
• mad-bhaktāḥ (Krishna's devotees)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Teaching the highest confidential doctrine to those who are devoted is itself an act of supreme devotion; such a teacher, grounded in bhakti, is assured of attaining the Lord.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhīṣma Parva’s Bhagavadgītā setting on the battlefield, the discourse turns to the fruit of sharing the teaching: the speaker promises that one who explains this supreme secret among devotees, with highest devotion, will certainly reach Him.