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Chapter 18: Conclusion-The Perfection of Renunciation

Verse 72 of 74
Bg 18.72

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रणष्टस्ते धनंजय

kaccid etac chrutaṁ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā kaccid ajñāna-sammohaḥ praṇaṣṭas te dhanañjaya

Synonyms

kaccitwhether; etatthis; śrutamheard; pārthaO son of Pṛthā; tvayāby you; ekāgreṇawith full attention; cetasāby the mind; kaccitwhether; ajñānaignorant; saṁmohaḥillusion; praṇaṣṭaḥdispelled; teof you; dhanañjayaO conqueror of wealth (Arjuna)..

Translation

O conqueror of wealth, Arjuna, have you heard this attentively with your mind? And are your illusions and ignorance now dispelled?

Purport

The Lord was acting as the spiritual master of Arjuna. Therefore it was His duty to inquire from Arjuna whether he understood the whole Bhagavad-gītā in its proper perspective. If not, the Lord was ready to re-explain any point, or the whole Bhagavad-gītā if so required. Actually, anyone who hears Bhagavad-gītā from a bona fide spiritual master like Kṛṣṇa or His representative will find that all his ignorance is dispelled. Bhagavad-gītā is not an ordinary book written by a poet or fiction writer; it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Any person, if he is fortunate enough to hear these teachings from Kṛṣṇa or from His bona fide spiritual representative, is sure to become a liberated person and get out of the darkness of ignorance.

Verse 72 of 74
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