Verse 18.72

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration, Word-for-word and English translation of verse 18.72:

कच्चिद् एतच् छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।
कच्चिद् अज्ञान-सम्मोहः प्रनष्टस् ते धनञ्जय ॥ ७२ ॥

kaccid etac chrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā |
kaccid ajñāna-sammohaḥ pranaṣṭas te dhanañjaya || 72 ||

kaccit–whether?; etat–this (teaching of the Gītā); śrutam–been heard; pārtha–O son of Pṛthā; tvayā–by you; eka-agreṇa–with one-pointed; cetasā–attention; kaccit–whether?; ajñāna-sammohaḥ–delusion born of ignorance; pranaṣṭaḥ–been destroyed; te–your; dhanañjaya–O winner of wealth.

O Pārtha, O winner of wealth, Dhanañjaya, have you heard this Gītā with undivided attention? And, having heard it, has your delusion born of ignorance been dispelled?

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Ṭīkā

(By Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura; the innermost intention of the commentary named ‘the shower of essential meanings’)

“If you have not understood the superlative essence of this teaching, then I will instruct it to you again.” Śrī Bhagavān is speaking this verse solely with this intention.

Commentary: Sārārtha-Varṣiṇī Prakāśikā-vṛtti

(By Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Nārāyaṇa Gosvāmī Mahārāja; the explanation that illuminates the commentary named Sārārtha-varṣiṇī)

After concluding the instruc-tions on the Gītā and describing the results of hearing it and preaching its purport, Śrī Kṛṣṇa is asking Arjuna, “Do you have any further questions? If you do, I will solve them also.” From this it is indicated that one should hear the instructions of the Gītā with fixed attention. Furthermore, even after hearing the confidential tattva of the Gītā from śrī gurudeva or from devotees who have fully realized the Truth (tattva-darśī), the student should continue to serve them until and after he has realization of this tattva. He should affectionately inquire about these tattvas and hear them repeatedly, otherwise, he will not be able to understand these teachings.