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| Chapter 18: Conclusion -- The Perfection of Renunciation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gita As It Is 18.72
kaccid etac chrutam partha
tvayaikagrena cetasa
pranashtas te dhananjaya
SYNONYMS
kaccit -- whether; etat -- this; srutam -- heard; partha -- O son of Pritha; tvaya -- by you; eka-agrena -- with full attention; cetasa -- by the mind; kaccit -- whether; ajnana -- of ignorance; sammohah -- the illusion; pranashtah -- dispelled; te -- of you; dhananjaya -- O conqueror of wealth (Arjuna).
TRANSLATION
O son of Pritha, O conqueror of wealth, have you heard this with an attentive mind? And are your ignorance and illusions 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-gita in its proper perspective. If not, the Lord was ready to re-explain any point, or the whole Bhagavad-gita if so required. Actually, anyone who hears Bhagavad-gita from a bona fide spiritual master like Krishna or His representative will find that all his ignorance is dispelled. Bhagavad-gita is not an ordinary book written by a poet or fiction writer; it is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Any person fortunate enough to hear these teachings from Krishna or from His bona fide spiritual representative is sure to become a liberated person and get out of the darkness of ignorance.
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness