Shloka 18
Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)
पृथिवीं भुड्क्ष्व सहितो भ्रातृभिरबलिभिवशी | नरनारायणौ देवाववज्ञाय नशिष्यसि
pṛthivīṁ bhuṅkṣva sahito bhrātṛbhir abalībhivaśī | nara-nārāyaṇau devāv avajñāya naśiṣyasi ||
ਭਰਾਵਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ, ਮਨ ਨੂੰ ਵੱਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ, ਧਰਤੀ ਦਾ ਰਾਜ ਭੋਗ। ਦੇਵ-ਸਰੂਪ ਨਰ-ਨਾਰਾਇਣ ਦੀ ਅਵਹੇਲਨਾ ਕਰੇਂਗਾ ਤਾਂ ਤੂੰ ਨਾਸ ਹੋ ਜਾਵੇਂਗਾ।
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Rule or enjoy power with restraint and unity, and do not fall into arrogance. Disrespecting righteous, divinely supported forces (here Nara–Nārāyaṇa/Arjuna–Kṛṣṇa) leads to inevitable downfall.
Sañjaya reports a counsel framed as a warning: the addressee is urged to accept shared rule with brothers under self-control, and is cautioned that contempt toward Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa—seen as the divine pair Nara and Nārāyaṇa—will bring destruction.