18.4 Hear my conclusion Krishna speaks

निश्चयं श्रृणु मे तत्र त्यागे भरतसत्तम
त्यागो हि पुरुषव्याघ्र त्रिविधः संप्रकीर्तितः

niśhchayaṁ śhṛiṇu me tatra tyāge bharata-sattama
tyāgo hi puruṣha-vyāghra tri-vidhaḥ samprakīrtitaḥ

Hear my conclusion about letting go, best of the Bharatas.

Explanation

Hear my conclusion.

nibodha me. One verse of announcement, and it is the last time the book will frame itself this formally.

Everything from here has the character of a summing-up. Chapter 18 is not adding doctrine; it is deciding among things already said.