Chapter 18 · Verse 73 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga
Bhagavad Gita 18.73
Sanskrit
अर्जुन उवाचनष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत।स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव।।18.73।।
Transliteration
arjuna uvācha naṣhṭo mohaḥ smṛitir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayāchyuta sthito ‘smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣhye vachanaṁ tava
In plain words
You've been living in fog—confused about who you are, what you should do, whether you can trust yourself or anyone else. The lesson here is that the fog can lift not because you think harder, but because you finally stop resisting the truth someone or something is showing you. When you surrender that way, your real memory returns: you remember you are not your fear, not your doubt, not your mistake. You become steady. And then you can actually move.
Word by Word
Arjuna's declaration marks the crossing of a threshold—the illusion that bound him has dissolved, not through intellectual effort alone, but through grace received in relationship with Krishna. His memory returns: he remembers who he truly is, beyond the ego's trembling fears.
This is the fruit of authentic surrender—not weakness, but the recovery of your deepest clarity. In our own lives, when we stop resisting the wisdom offered by truth itself—whether through a teacher, a text, or the still voice within—the fog lifts and we move forward with certainty and peace.
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Bhagavad Gita 18.73 — BG 18.73
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