Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 18, Verse 73
अर्जुन उवाचनष्टो मोहः स्मृतिर्लब्धा त्वत्प्रसादान्मयाच्युत।स्थितोऽस्मि गतसन्देहः करिष्ये वचनं तव।।
arjuna uvāca
naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtir labdhā tvat-prasādān mayācyuta
sthito ‘smi gata-sandehaḥ kariṣye vacanaṁ tava
also searched as "nashto mohah smritir labdha tvatprasadan mayachyuta"
Translation
Arjuna said, "My delusion has been destroyed, and, by Your grace, O Krsna, I have gained knowledge (Smrti). Freed from doubts, I stand steadfast, and I will fulfill Your will."
Vāṇi's rendering
The delusion is destroyed; by your grace I remember myself. I stand, doubt gone — I will do your word.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| अर्जुनःarjunaḥ | Arjuna |
| उवाचuvāca | said |
| नष्टःnaṣṭaḥ | destroyed, gone (written naṣṭo before the next word) |
| मोहःmohaḥ | the delusion, the confusion |
| स्मृतिःsmṛtiḥ | memory, remembrance of what I truly am (written smṛtir here) |
| लब्धाlabdhā | has been regained |
| त्वत्tvat | your |
| प्रसादात्prasādāt | by grace (the final t softens to n before the next word) |
| मयाmayā | by me |
| अच्युतacyuta | O Acyuta, unfallen one — Krishna (joined to mayā as mayācyuta) |
| स्थितःsthitaḥ | standing, steady (written sthito before the next word) |
| अस्मिasmi | I am |
| गत-सन्देहःgata-sandehaḥ | with doubt gone |
| करिष्येkariṣye | I will do |
| वचनम्vacanam | the word, the instruction |
| तवtava | yours |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 73 mean?
It is Arjuna's answer, and the last thing he says in the Gītā. His confusion is gone, his memory of himself restored, his doubt absent. He does not summarize the teaching or praise it. He simply reports that he is standing, and that he will do what Krishna asked.
What does nashto mohah smritir labdha mean?
The delusion is destroyed; memory has been regained. Note the word smṛti — memory, not new learning. Arjuna does not receive a fact he lacked. He recovers something he had mislaid: the knowledge of who was standing on that field all along. Clarity here is remembering, not acquiring.
Why does Arjuna say he acts by Krishna's grace rather than his own effort?
Because he listened for seventeen chapters and could not talk himself out of despair. Tvat-prasādāt — by your grace. The turning was not something he engineered. Effort brought him to the question; grace answered it. When your own clarity arrives, you rarely find you manufactured it either.
Does this verse mean Arjuna's doubt will never return?
It means it is not present now, and that is enough to act on. Gata-sandehaḥ — doubt gone. The Gītā does not promise permanent certainty; it clears the ground for one decision. Do not wait for doubt to be abolished forever. Wait only until you can stand.
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Commentary
Arjuna does not say he has learned something. He says he remembers. Smṛtir labdhā — memory regained: the delusion was never a lack of information, it was forgetting who was standing there. Seventeen chapters did not add to him; they returned him to himself. And notice what he does with it. He does not ask another question. He stands, and he says he will act — the doubt gone, not argued away but simply absent, the way fog is absent at noon. What you are looking for you have already been told. The task is to stop asking and stand up.