18.62
तमेव शरणं गच्छ
सर्वभावेन भारत ।
तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं
स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम् ॥
tam eva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata
tatprasādāt parāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Bhārata (भारत), Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
Go to him alone for refuge with all your being, O Bhārata (भारत); by his grace you will reach supreme peace and the perpetual place.
नेपालीमा
हे भारत, आफ्नो सारा भावले उहाँमा मात्र शरण जाऊ। उहाँको कृपाले तिमी परम शान्ति र सनातन स्थानमा पुग्नेछौ।
Where it sits
The lord in the heart becomes the refuge he is told to take, grace included, and 18.66 will say that going again with every dharma laid down.
Split: तम् + एव + शरणम् + गच्छ + सर्व-भावेन + भारत + तत्-प्रसादात् + पराम् + शान्तिम् + स्थानम् + प्राप्स्यसि + शाश्वतम्
tam + eva + śaraṇam + gaccha + sarva-bhāvena + bhārata + tat-prasādāt + parām + śāntim + sthānam + prāpsyasi + śāśvatam
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| तम् | tam | accusative | him. The lord of 18.61. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | alone, just. |
| शरणम् | śaraṇam | accusative | refuge. |
| गच्छ | gaccha | imperative, 2nd singular | go. From gam (गम्). |
| सर्व-भावेन | sarva-bhāvena | instrumental | with one's whole being. bhāva (भाव) is the way one is. |
| भारत | bhārata | vocative | descendant of Bharata (भरत). |
| तत्-प्रसादात् | tat-prasādāt | ablative | by his grace. tat (तत्) points back to tam (तम्). |
| पराम् | parām | accusative feminine | supreme. Agrees with śāntim (शान्तिम्). |
| शान्तिम् | śāntim | accusative | peace. |
| स्थानम् | sthānam | accusative | place. |
| प्राप्स्यसि | prāpsyasi | future, 2nd singular | you will reach. From प्र-आप pra-āp. |
| शाश्वतम् | śāśvatam | accusative | perpetual. Agrees with sthānam (स्थानम्). |
The phrases
tam eva śaraṇaṃ gaccha sarvabhāvena bhārata (तमेव शरणं गच्छ सर्वभावेन भारत) is the command. Go to him alone for refuge, with all your being. तम् एव tam eva is the lord just named, and no other.
tatprasādāt parāṃ śāntiṃ sthānaṃ prāpsyasi śāśvatam (तत्प्रसादात्परां शान्तिं स्थानं प्राप्स्यसि शाश्वतम्) is what the going obtains. By his grace, supreme peace, and the perpetual place. Two objects of one future, prāpsyasi (प्राप्स्यसि).
Sanskrit in this line
gaccha (गच्छ) is the imperative of gam (गम्), second person singular. śaraṇam (शरणम्) is its object, and tam (तम्) is the person the refuge belongs to. The future prāpsyasi (प्राप्स्यसि) is a different stem of a different verb, प्र-आप pra-āp, "you will reach." Keep the command and the promise apart.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say whom he goes to, and the two things he will reach. If śaraṇam (शरणम्) is a place on the field, stay here.