Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 72

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा । कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय

kaccidetacchrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā | kaccidajñānasammohaḥ pranaṣṭaste dhanañjaya

Translation

Has it been heard by thee, O Pārtha, with an attentive mind? Has the delusion of ignorance been destroyed, O Dhanañjaya?

— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri

Word meanings

kaccit

whether

etat

this

śrutam

heard

pārtha

O Pārtha

tvayā

by thee

ekāgreṇa

(by) one-pointed

cetasā

by mind

kaccit

whether

ajñānasammohaḥ

of ignorance, delusion

praṇaṣṭaḥ

destroyed

te

thy

dhanañjaya

O Dhanañjaya

Śaṅkarācārya's commentary

The Lord asks with a desire to know whether the pupil has understood the teaching of the śāstra, the object of the question being that He might make the pupil understand the teaching by some other means if the latter be found to have not understood it. This is to show that it is the duty of the teacher to try again to make the pupil understand the teaching.