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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 ||

સંજય બોલ્યા—આ રીતે શ્રીમહાભારતના ભીષ્મપર્વમાં, બ્રહ્મવિદ્યા અને યોગશાસ્ત્રરૂપ શ્રીમદ્ ભગવદ્ ગીતા-ઉપનિષદમાં, શ્રીકૃષ્ણ-અર્જુન સંવાદનો ‘મોક્ષસંન્યાસયોગ’ નામનો અઢારમો અધ્યાય પૂર્ણ થયો. નકુલ બોલ્યો—હે ભારત! તમે મારા જ્યેષ્ઠ ભ્રાતા છો. તમે આ રીતે શત્રુસેનાની તરફ આગળ વધો છો તેથી મારા હૃદયને ભારે ભય પીડે છે. કહો તો—તમે ક્યાં જઈ રહ્યા છો?

नकुलःNakula
नकुलः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनकुल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गतेwhen (you have) gone
गते:
Adhikarana
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
त्वयिin/when you
त्वयि:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Locative, Singular
ज्येष्ठेin (you who are) elder
ज्येष्ठे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootज्येष्ठ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
ममof me / my
मम:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
भ्रातरिin (my) brother
भ्रातरि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
भीःfear
भीः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Singular
दुनोतिafflicts / torments
दुनोति:
TypeVerb
Rootदु
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
हृदयम्heart
हृदयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ब्रूहिtell (me)
ब्रूहि:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada
गन्ताone who will go / about to go
गन्ता:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormAgent noun (तृच्) / periphrastic future sense, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
भवान्you (honorific)
भवान्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootभवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्वwhere
क्व:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्व
नुindeed / pray (interrogative particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु

संजय उवाच

S
Sañjaya
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
A
Arjuna
N
Nakula
B
Bhārata (address/title)
M
Mahābhārata
B
Bhīṣma Parva
B
Bhagavad Gītā
E
enemy army (śatru-senā, implied by context)

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.