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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 18.72
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।
कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोह: प्रणष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥ ७२ ॥
kaccid etac chrutaṁ pārtha
tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā
kaccid ajñāna-sammohaḥ
praṇaṣṭas te dhanañ-jaya
O son of Pṛthā, O conqueror of wealth, have you heard this with an attentive mind? And are your ignorance and illusions now dispelled?
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3 study points
Kṛṣṇa asks Arjuna whether he has listened attentively and whether his ignorance and illusions are gone.
Prabhupāda explains that hearing Bhagavad-gītā from Kṛṣṇa or His bona fide spiritual representative removes ignorance and brings liberation.
Listen attentively to Bhagavad-gītā from a bona fide spiritual master.
Krishna asks if, Bhagavad-gita has freed Arjuna from ignorance and illusion
Why Krishna asks this question as spiritual master
As spiritual master it was His duty to know, if Arjuna understood Bhagavad-gita in proper perspective
Expected result of hearing (As per Krishna’s expectations)
Ignorance and illusion dispelled
Bhagavad-gita is not an ordinary book — So what is expected
Any person fortunate to hear from a bona-fide representative is sure to become liberated and get out of the darkness of ignorance
After hearing Bhagavad-gita, Arjuna is fixed and determined to act according to Krishna’s instructions
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 18.72 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to questions & crisis?
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Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.
Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.
Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.