Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 18, Verse 73
अर्जुन उवाच । नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत । स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव
arjuna uvāca | naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayācyuta | sthito'smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava
Translation
Destroyed is delusion, and I have gained recognition through Thy Grace, O Achyuta. I am firm, with doubts gone. I will do Thy word.
— Alladi Mahadeva Sastri
Word meanings
- naṣṭaḥ
- destroyed
- mohaḥ
- delusion
- smṛtiḥ
- memory
- labdhā
- obtained
- tvatprasādāt
- of thee, by grace
- mayā
- by me
- acyuta
- O Achyuta
- sthitaḥ
- firm
- asmi
- (I) am
- gatasandehaḥ
- gone, doubt, whose, he
- kariṣye
- (I) will do
- vacanam
- word
- tava
- Thy
Śaṅkarācārya's commentary
Delusion: born of ajñāna or ignorance, the cause of the whole evil of saṃsāra, hard to cross like the ocean. I: who have sought Thy Grace. Recognition: of the true nature of the Self. When this recognition is obtained, then will all the ties of the heart be loosened. This questioning and answering about the destruction of delusion shows conclusively what the purpose of a knowledge of the teaching of the whole śāstra is, namely, the destruction of delusion and the attainment of a recognition of the Self.