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Chapter 18 · The Perfection of Renunciation · 78 verses

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Questions & crisisChapter 18 · The Perfection of Renunciation
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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 18.72

Arjuna’s final resolve and freedom from delusion

कच्च‍िदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।

कच्च‍िदज्ञानसम्मोह: प्रणष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥ ७२ ॥

kaccid etac chrutaṁ pārtha

tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā

kaccid ajñāna-sammohaḥ

praṇaṣṭas te dhanañ-jaya

Translation

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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Hearing with an Attentive Mind

  1. 1Kṛṣṇa asks Arjuna whether he has listened attentively and whether his ignorance and illusions are gone.
  2. 2Prabhupāda explains that hearing Bhagavad-gītā from Kṛṣṇa or His bona fide spiritual representative removes ignorance and brings liberation.
  3. 3Listen attentively to Bhagavad-gītā from a bona fide spiritual master.

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Chapter 18, The Perfection of Renunciation: arjuna’s final resolve and freedom from delusion.

What it teaches

Theme summary

Honest questions open the way to wisdom.

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Key ideas: saṁśaya, viṣāda.

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Related verses

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BG 18.73My illusion is goneBG 1.28Compassion entangled with attachmentBG 1.46The bow falls

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