Chapter 1 · Verse 12 · Arjuna Visada Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 1.12
Sanskrit
तस्य संजनयन्हर्षं कुरुवृद्धः पितामहः। सिंहनादं विनद्योच्चैः शङ्खं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्।।1.12।।
Transliteration
tasya sañjanayan harṣhaṁ kuru-vṛiddhaḥ pitāmahaḥ siṁha-nādaṁ vinadyochchaiḥ śhaṅkhaṁ dadhmau pratāpavān
In plain words
You are sitting with the weight of not knowing your purpose, or knowing it but being terrified to step into it. The lesson for you: the conch blast is your own voice calling you home—not to perfection, not to certainty, but to the clarity that your dharma has been waiting for you all along, and the only courage required is to answer it, exactly as you are right now.
हिंदी अर्थ
भीष्म पितामह को कुरुवंश का बुजुर्ग सुनकर खुशी हुई और उन्होंने जोर से सिंह जैसी गर्जना करते हुए शंख बजाया। इस शंख की आवाज से पूरे युद्ध क्षेत्र में गूंज गई और कौरवों का जोश बढ़ गया।
Word by Word
Bhishma, the embodiment of dharma and kingly grace, sounds the conch—not in aggression, but as a sacred declaration that righteousness must now meet its test. This is the moment when duty calls the warrior to his essential nature, when the universe itself seems to hold its breath.
In our modern lives, this same call comes when we must step into our authentic power: not through force or ego, but through the clarity that our dharma—our true work—is neither optional nor deferrable.
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Bhagavad Gita 1.12 — BG 1.12
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