Shloka 18
कर्मयोग–ज्ञानयज्ञ–अवतारोपदेश
Karma-Yoga, Jñāna-Yajña, and Avatāra Instruction
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ता: शरीरिण:3 | अनाशिनोथप्रमेयस्य तस्माद् युध्यस्व भारत,इस नाशरहित, अप्रमेय, नित्यस्वरूप जीवात्माके ये सब शरीर नाशवान् कहे गये हैं। इसलिये हे भरतवंशी अर्जुन! तू युद्ध कर
antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ | anāśino 'prameyasya tasmād yudhyasva bhārata ||
サンジャヤは言った。「これらの身体は終わりあるものと宣せられ、身に宿る自己は永遠と説かれる。ゆえに、バーラタの末裔よ、戦え—身体が滅しても、内なる不滅にして測りがたい実在は滅びないと知り、この正しき戦いにおける汝の義務を、悲嘆や恐れによって捨ててはならぬ。」
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The body is finite and perishable, but the embodied Self is eternal, imperishable, and beyond full measurement; therefore one should not abandon one’s rightful duty out of sorrow for bodily destruction.
On the battlefield, the teaching urges Arjuna—addressed as Bhārata—to proceed with battle, grounding his resolve in the distinction between the perishing body and the deathless Self.