Bhagavad Gita 18.73 Meaning: Nashto mohah smritirlabdha

Bhagavad Gita 18.73

अर्जुन उवाच ।

नष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाऽच्युत ।स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव ॥

Nashto mohah smritirlabdha tvatprasadanmayachyutaSthitosmi gatasandehah karishye vachanam tava

naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtirlabdhā tvatprasādānmayā’cyuta |sthito’smi gatasandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṃ tava ||

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Our explanation Arjuna answers. He says his confusion is gone and that, by Krishna's grace, he has regained his memory (smṛti), his true understanding. He stands firm, his doubts gone, and says he will do as Krishna says. This answers the grief of chapter 1 and his refusal in 2.9.

हिंदी अर्थ अर्जुन उत्तर देते हैं। वे कहते हैं कि उनका मोह नष्ट हो गया है और कृष्ण की कृपा से उन्हें स्मृति (अपनी सही समझ) फिर मिल गई है। वे स्थिर हैं, उनके संदेह दूर हो गए हैं, और वे कहते हैं कि वे कृष्ण का वचन मानेंगे। यह अध्याय 1 के विषाद और 2.9 में उनके इनकार का उत्तर है।

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नष्टः naṣṭaḥ · is destroyed (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: naṣṭa, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 532, col. 1 “lost, disappeared, perished, destroyed”
मोहः mohaḥ · delusion (noun (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: moha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 836, col. 1 “loss of consciousness, bewilderment, perplexity, distraction, infatuation, delusion, error, folly”
स्मृतिः smṛtiḥ · memory, right understanding (noun (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: smṛti, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1272, col. 2 “remembrance, reminiscence”
लब्धा labdhā · is gained (past participle (feminine), nominative singular) Dictionary: labdha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 896, col. 2 “taken, seized, caught, met with, found &c.”
त्वत्प्रसादात् tvatprasādāt · by your grace (compound (masculine), ablative singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”; pra-sāda, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 697, col. 1 “graciousness, kindness, kind behaviour, favour, aid”
मया mayā · by "me" (Arjuna) (pronoun, instrumental singular) Dictionary: 1. mad, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 777, col. 2 “base of the first pers. pron. in the sg. number (esp. in comp.)”
अच्युत acyuta · O Achyuta (Krishna) (noun (masculine), vocative singular) Dictionary: a-cyuta, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 9, col. 2 “not fallen; firm, solid; imperishable, permanent”
स्थितः sthitaḥ · firm (past participle (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: sthita, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1264, col. 1 “standing, staying, situated, resting or abiding or remaining in”
अस्मि asmi · "I am" (present, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. as, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 117, col. 2 “to be, live, exist, be present”
गतसन्देहः gatasandehaḥ · with doubts gone (compound (masculine), nominative singular) Dictionary: gata, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 347, col. 1 “gone, gone away, departed”; saṃ-deha, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 1143, col. 3 “doubt, uncertainty about”
करिष्ये kariṣye · "I will do" (future, 1st person singular) Dictionary: 1. kṛ, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 301, col. 1 “to do, make, perform, accomplish, cause, effect, prepare, undertake”
वचनम् vacanam · word (noun (neuter), accusative singular) Dictionary: vacana, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 912, col. 3 “advice, instruction, direction, order, command”
तव tava · your (pronoun, genitive singular) Dictionary: 2. tva, Monier-Williams 1899, p. 463, col. 2 “base of the 2nd personal pron.”

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Spelling A digital text reads Same words. The 1922 edition marks the merged vowel with an avagraha (मयाऽच्युत); this e-text does not.

I. e. understand my real essence, what I am, &c. ↩

As to whether the battle was right or not. ↩

I. e. understand my real essence, what I am, &c. ↩

As to whether the battle was right or not. ↩

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