Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 72.

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Sunday, January 22, 2023. 08:00. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

Slokam-72.

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Slokam-72.
with Transltion :

"kaccidetat    chrutam   partha    tvayaikagrenacetasa,

kaccidajnanasammohah    pranashtaste   dhananjaya."

"O  Arjuna! have you heard this attentively with your mind? And are your illusions and ignorance now dispelled? "

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Translation :

partha   dhananjaya   =   Arjuna!

etat   tvaya   ekagrena   cetasa    chrutam    kaccit   =   whatever  I told :  did  you  heard  with  full  attention;

te   ajnana-sammohah    pranashtah   kaccit   =    hope  you  are  relieved  from  the  illusion  caused  because  of  ignorance.  

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

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-gītā from a bona fide spiritual master like Lord 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, if he is fortunate enough to hear these teachings from Lord Krishna or from His bona fide spiritual representative, is sure to become a liberated person and get out of the darkness of ignorance.

By inquiring whether or not the knowledge imparted was fully ascertained and comprehended, Lord Krishna is illustrating the role of the spiritual preceptor by exemplifying their duties. 

A bonafide spiritual preceptor can only be found in one the four authorised sampradayas : -  

Brahma, Sri, Rudra and Kummara sampradayas as revealed in Vedic scriptures. 

Such an exalted spiritual master will instruct his disciples until he is absolutely sure that their ignorance has been entirely dispelled. 

The inner meaning is that in chapter 2, slokam 9, due to delusion, Arjuna said that he would not fight in the battle. 

Lord Krishna is subtly implying that if such delusion has not been eradicated then He is prepared to instruct him again.

Now Lord Krishna is requesting to know if His divine discourse known as Srimad Bhagavad-Gita was fully comprehended and assimilated. 

It can be discerned by the tenor of the question that if all delusion and ignorance has still not been dissolved completely; then He is prepared to explain it again to His devotee.

Lord Krishna asks two questions : -

Has His divine discourse known as Srimad Bhagavad-Gita spoken by Him been fully comprehended with focused attention and has it dispelled the dark delusion of ignorance.

Ajnana sammohah means dark delusion of ignorance.

To be continued  

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