18.72
कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ
त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा ।
कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः
प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥
kaccid etac chrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā
kaccid ajñānasaṃmohaḥ pranaṣṭas te dhanañjaya
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Pārtha (पार्थ), Arjuna (अर्जुन). These are his last questions.
The verse
Has this been heard by you, O Pārtha (पार्थ), with a one-pointed mind, and has your delusion of ignorance been destroyed, O Dhanañjaya (धनञ्जय)?
नेपालीमा
हे पार्थ, के तिमीले यो एकाग्र मनले सुन्यौ, र हे धनञ्जय, के तिम्रो अज्ञानको मोह नाश भयो?
Where it sits
The teaching is over, and he asks whether it was heard with one point and whether the delusion is destroyed, leaving the answer to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
Split: कच्चित् + एतत् + श्रुतम् + पार्थ + त्वया + एक-अग्रेण + चेतसा + कच्चित् + अज्ञान-सम्मोहः + प्रनष्टः + ते + धनञ्जय
kaccit + etat + śrutam + pārtha + tvayā + eka-agreṇa + cetasā + kaccit + ajñāna-saṃmohaḥ + pranaṣṭaḥ + te + dhanañjaya
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| कच्चित् | kaccit | indeclinable | I hope, is it so? A question that looks for yes. |
| एतत् | etat | nominative neuter | this. |
| श्रुतम् | śrutam | nominative neuter | heard. Agrees with etat (एतत्). |
| पार्थ | pārtha | vocative | son of Pṛthā (पृथा). |
| त्वया | tvayā | instrumental | by you. |
| एक-अग्रेण | eka-agreṇa | instrumental | by a one-pointed mind. ekāgra (एकाग्र) is "whose point is one." Agrees with cetasā (चेतसा). |
| चेतसा | cetasā | instrumental of cetas (चेतस्) | by the mind. |
| कच्चित् | kaccit | indeclinable | I hope. The second question. |
| अज्ञान-सम्मोहः | ajñāna-saṃmohaḥ | nominative | the delusion that is ignorance. सम्मोह saṃmoha is a deep confusion. |
| प्रनष्टः | pranaṣṭaḥ | nominative | destroyed, vanished. From pra-naś (प्र-नश्). |
| ते | te | genitive enclitic | your. |
| धनञ्जय | dhanañjaya | vocative | winner of wealth. dhana (धन) is wealth. jaya (जय) is winning. A name of Arjuna (अर्जुन). |
The phrases
kaccid etac chrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā (कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा) is the first hope. Has this been heard by you with a one-pointed mind? kaccit (कच्चित्) expects the answer yes.
कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय kaccid ajñānasaṃmohaḥ pranaṣṭas te dhanañjaya is the second. Has your delusion of ignorance been destroyed? The delusion is the one he sat down in. The answer is 18.73.
Sanskrit in this line
कच्चित् + एतत् + श्रुतम् kaccit + etat + śrutam is recited kaccid etac chrutam (कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतम्). t (त्) before e (ए) is voiced to d (द्): kaccid etat (कच्चिदेतत्). Then t (त्) before ś (श्) becomes च्छ cch: etac chrutam (एतच्छ्रुतम्). Two meetings, and the words are still kaccit (कच्चित्), etat (एतत्), śrutam (श्रुतम्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Ask his two questions. If the second answer is allowed to stay "no," stay here until 18.73.