Shloka 18
Makara-vyūha and Krauñca-prativyūha at Sunrise (मकरव्यूहः क्रौञ्चप्रतिव्यूहश्च)
पृथिवीं भुड्क्ष्व सहितो भ्रातृभिरबलिभिवशी | नरनारायणौ देवाववज्ञाय नशिष्यसि,*वे तुम्हारे बलवान् भाई हैं। तुम अपने मनको वशमें रखते हुए उनके साथ मिलकर पृथ्वीका राज्य भोगो। भगवान् नर-नारायण (अर्जुन और श्रीकृष्ण)-की अवहेलना करके तुम नष्ट हो जाओगे
pṛthivīṁ bhuṅkṣva sahito bhrātṛbhir abalībhivaśī | nara-nārāyaṇau devāv avajñāya naśiṣyasi ||
桑阇耶说：“当与诸兄弟共享大地之王权，克制其心，收束欲念。若轻慢那对神圣的那罗—那罗延（阿周那与克利须那），你必走向毁灭。”
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.