Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 18, Verse 72
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।
kaccid etac cchrutaṁ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā
kaccid ajñāna-sammohaḥ pranaṣṭas te dhanañjaya
also searched as "kachchid etat shrutam partha tvayaikagrena chetasa"
Translation
Have you heard this, O Arjuna, with a single-minded focus? Has your delusion, caused by ignorance, been dispelled?
Vāṇi's rendering
Have you heard all this with a gathered mind? Has the fog of your confusion lifted?
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| कच्चित्kaccid | has it, then — a gentle asking, hoping for yes |
| एतत्etat | this, all of it (etac before the next word) |
| श्रुतम्śrutam | heard, taken in (cchrutam by sandhi) |
| पार्थpārtha | Arjuna, son of Pṛthā |
| त्वयाtvayā | by you (joined to the next word as tvayaikāgreṇa) |
| एकाग्रेणekāgreṇa | one-pointed, gathered to a single edge |
| चेतसाcetasā | with the mind, with attention |
| कच्चित्kaccid | and has it — the question asked a second time |
| अज्ञान-संमोहःajñāna-sammohaḥ | the thick confusion that comes of not knowing |
| प्रनष्टःpranaṣṭaḥ | utterly gone, destroyed (pranaṣṭas before te) |
| तेte | your |
| धनञ्जयdhanañjaya | Arjuna, winner of wealth |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 72 mean?
Krishna has finished speaking, and instead of concluding, he asks. Did you hear this with a gathered mind, Pārtha? Has the confusion born of not knowing fallen away? Two questions, because attention and clarity are separate achievements. The teaching is not over until the listener answers, and Arjuna is left entirely free to answer honestly.
What does 'kachchid etat shrutam partha tvayaikagrena chetasa' mean?
Roughly: have you heard all of this with a one-pointed mind? Ekāgra means gathered to a single edge — not merely listening, but listening with nothing else running underneath. Krishna is asking whether Arjuna was present, not whether he was polite. It is the question every teaching eventually puts to you.
Why does Krishna ask a question at the end instead of simply concluding?
Because a teaching that cannot be refused is not a teaching. Krishna has offered everything he has; whether it took root is not his to declare. He uses both names — Pārtha, Dhanañjaya — the intimate and the heroic, calling the whole man to answer. Then he waits.
What is the difference between hearing the Gita and being free of confusion?
You can follow every argument and still wake tomorrow inside the same fear. Śravaṇa is the taking in; the lifting of sammoha is what happens after, or does not. Krishna separates them deliberately. So when you close the book, do not ask whether it was beautiful. Ask whether anything has actually cleared.
Read every verse this way, held — inside Vāṇi.
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Commentary
Seven hundred verses, and Krishna ends by asking. He does not declare the teaching complete; he asks whether it landed. Arjuna is free to say no. That freedom has been there the whole time — nothing was ever pressed on him, only offered. Notice the two questions. Did you hear it, gathered? And is the fog gone? Hearing and clearing are not the same event; you can take in every word and still stand in the same confusion. So Krishna asks twice. When someone teaches you something true, the honest response is not agreement. It is to check whether the fog has lifted.