Shloka 12

Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)

Devanagari script

एष ते विस्तरस्तात संक्षेपश्न प्रकीर्तित: । केशवस्य यथातत्त्वं सुप्रीतोी भज केशवम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa te vistaras tāta saṅkṣepaś ca prakīrtitaḥ | keśavasya yathātattvaṃ suprīto bhaja keśavam ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“孩子啊，我已为你——既详尽又扼要——宣说了凯沙瓦的真实本体。故当以欢喜而恭敬之心，归依凯沙瓦，奉事礼拜于他。”

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• विस्तरः: detailed account
• विस्तरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तात: dear one / son (vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संक्षेपश्च: and the brief account
• संक्षेपश्च: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकीर्तितः: has been proclaimed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कीर्त्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• केशवस्य: of Keshava
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: as / according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तत्त्वम्: the true reality
• तत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सुप्रीतः: very pleased
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + प्रीत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past participle used adjectivally)

• भज: worship / adore
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• केशवम्: Keshava
• केशवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Keshava (Krishna)
• Duryodhana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True understanding of Keshava’s divine reality should lead to joyful devotion and surrender; ethical clarity is grounded in recognizing the higher order embodied by Keshava.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma concludes a discourse to Duryodhana, stating he has explained Keshava’s greatness both fully and briefly, and he exhorts Duryodhana to worship and take refuge in Keshava—an implicit warning against continuing on a ruinous path.