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Bhagavad Gita · 18.73 · Yoga through the Perfection of Renunciation and Surrender·73 of 78

अर्जुन उवाचनष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युतस्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव

arjuna uvācha naṣhṭo mohaḥ smṛitir labdhā tvat-prasādān

mayāchyuta sthito ‘smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣhye vachanaṁ tava

Sanskrit recitation

The teaching is sealed · 18.67–18.78 · Scene

Translation

Arjuna said, "My delusion has been destroyed, for I have gained my knowledge (memory) through Your grace, O Krishna. I am now free from doubts. I will act according to Your word."

Meaning

Moha Delusion This is the strongest weapon of Maya to take the Jivas in Her clutch. It is born of ignorance. It is the cause of the whole evil of Samsara. It is as hard to cross as the ocean.Smritih I have attained knowledge of the true nature of the Self. The whole aim of Sadhana or spiritual practice and the study of scriptures is the annihilation of delusion and the attainment of the knowledge of the Self. When one gets it, the three knots or ties of ignorance, viz., ignorance, delusion (desire) and action are destroyed, all the doubts are cleared, and all the Karmas are destroyed.To him who beholds the Self in all beings, what delusion is there, what grief (Isavasya Upanishad, 7)I shall do Thy word Arjuna means to say, I am firm in Thy ,nd. Through Thy grace I have achieved the end of life. I have nothing more to do.

After Swami Sivananda

The teaching is sealed· 18.67–18.78

Teachers usually read this idea across several verses together, one shared reflection covers the whole unit.

Word-by-word
asmi
I am
tava
your
mayā
by me
achyuta
Shree Krishna, the infallible one
labdhā
regained
mohaḥ
illusion
vachanam
instructions
sthitaḥ
situated
kariṣhye
I shall act
smṛitiḥ
memory
naṣhṭaḥ
dispelled
gata-sandehaḥ
free from doubts
tvat-prasādāt
by your grace
arjunaḥ uvācha
Arjun said

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