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Chapter 18

Chapter 18 · Verse 72

Moksha Sannyasa Yoga

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा | कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ||१८-७२||

kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā . kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya ||18-72||

In plain words

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.

Translation

18.72 Have you heard this, O Arjuna, with one-pointed mind? Has your delusion, caused by ignorance, been dispelled?

Meaning

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.

Word by word

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.