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Chapter 18 · Verse 73 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.73

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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

Word by Word

arjunaḥ uvācha Arjun said
naṣhṭaḥ dispelled
mohaḥ illusion
smṛitiḥ memory
labdhā regained
tvat-prasādāt by your grace
mayā by me
achyuta Shree Krishna, the infallible one
sthitaḥ situated
asmi I am
gata-sandehaḥ free from doubts
kariṣhye I shall act
vachanam instructions
tava your
Simplified Perspective

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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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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