Sanskrit · Devanagari
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा। कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥
Sanskrit · IAST
kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya
English witness
Kashinath Trimbak Telang, 1882who with faith and without carping will listen (to this) will be freed (from sin) and attain to the holy regions of those who perform pious acts. Have you listened to this O son of Pṛthā! with a mind (fixed) on (this) one point only? Has your delusion (caused) by ignorance been destroyed O Dhanañjaya?
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Śaṅkarācārya
।।18.72।। --,कच्चित् किम् एतत् मया उक्तं श्रुतं श्रवणेन अवधारितं पार्थ? त्वया एकाग्रेण चेतसा चित्तेन किं वा अप्रमादतः कच्चित् अज्ञानसंमोहः अज्ञाननिमित्तः संमोहः अविविक्तभावः अविवेकः स्वाभाविकः किं प्रणष्टः यदर्थः अयं शास्त्रश्रवणायासः तव? मम च उपदेष्टृत्वायासः प्रवृत्तः? ते तुभ्यं हे धनंजय।।अर्जुन उवाच --,
b3ecaa59803a…Rāmānuja
18.72 O Arjuna, have you heard attentively all that I have taught? Has your delusion caused by ignorance, been dispelled - that ignorance deluded by which you said, 'I shall not fight'?
363426a5d1d7…Swami Sivananda
18.72 कच्चित् whether? एतत् this? श्रुतम् heard? पार्थ O son of Kunti (Arjuna)? त्वया by thee? एकाग्रेण onepointed? चेतसा by mind? कच्चित् whether? अज्ञानसंमोहः the delusion of ignorance? प्रनष्टः has been destroyed? ते thy? धनञ्जय O Dhananjaya.Commentary It is the duty of the spiritual teacher or preceptor to make the aspirant understand the teaching of the scripture and to enable him to attain the goal of life (Moksha). If the student has not grasped the subject he will have to explain it in some other way with similes? analogies and illustrations. That is the reason why Lord Krishna asks Arjuna Has the delusion of thy ignorance been destroyedThis What I have told thee.Have you heard it? O Arjuna? with onepointed mind Have you grasped My teachingDelusion of ignorance The absence of discrimination which is caused by ignorance and which is natural. The destruction of delusion is the aim of all this endeavour on your part to hear the scripture and the exertion on My part as the teacher.
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