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 ||
Sinabi ni Sañjaya: “Ang mga katawang ito ay ipinahayag na may hangganan, samantalang ang Sariling nananahan sa katawan ay sinasabing walang hanggan. Kaya, O inapo ni Bhārata, lumaban ka—na batid na ang di-nasisira at di-masusukat na katotohanang nasa loob ay hindi napapawi kapag napapawi ang katawan, at na ang tungkulin mo sa makatarungang digmaang ito ay hindi dapat talikuran dahil sa dalamhati o takot.”
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.