Chapter 18. Conclusion--The Perfection of Renunciation
TEXT 72
kaccid etac chrutam partha
tvayaikagrena cetasa
kaccid ajnana-sammohah
pranastas te dhananjaya
SYNONYMS
kaccit--whether;
etat--this; srutam--heard; partha--O son of Prtha;
tvaya--by you; eka-agrena--with full attention; cetasa--by
the mind; kaccit--whether; ajnana--ignorant; sammohah--illusion;
pranastah--dispelled; te--of you; dhananjaya--O conqueror
of wealth (Arjuna).
TRANSLATION
O conqueror
of wealth, Arjuna, have you heard this attentively with your mind? And
are your illusions and ignorance 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 Krsna
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 Krsna or from His bona fide spiritual representative,
is sure to become a liberated person and get out of the darkness of ignorance.
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