Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

This is last conversation between Krishna and Arjuna in BG verses.

Bg 18.73

arjuna uvāca
naṣṭo mohaḥ smṛtir labdhā
tvat-prasādān mayācyuta
sthito ’smi gata-sandehaḥ
kariṣye vacanaṁ tava

Synonyms: 

arjunaḥ uvāca — Arjuna said; naṣṭaḥ — dispelled; mohaḥ — illusion; smṛtiḥ — memory; labdhā — regained; tvat–prasādāt — by Your mercy; mayā — by me; acyuta — O infallible Kṛṣṇa; sthitaḥ — situated; asmi — I am; gata — removed; sandehaḥ — all doubts; kariṣye — I shall execute; vacanam — order; tava — Your.

Translation: 

Arjuna said: My dear Kṛṣṇa, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy. I am now firm and free from doubt and am prepared to act according to Your instructions.

naṣṭo mohaḥ, naṣṭo is destroyed. smṛtir labdhā. So my mohas has been destroyed and my smrtir has been restored, 

And how this is achieved?

tvat-prasādān mayācyuta, prasadam, mercy, ultimately Bhakti is a path of mercy, BG gives lot of analysis but in conclusions it describes as path of grace as path of mercy, and as path of mercy it is revealing such extraordinary path of knowledge. 

It is significant that first and last reference to Krishna by Arjun is by ācyuta

In 1.21 Arjuns says

arjuna uvāca

senayor ubhayor madhye
rathaṁ sthāpaya me ’cyuta

So Krishna never falls and never fails to protect His devotees.

Krishna remains transcendental and Krishna unfailing helps His devotees.

sthito ’smi, now I am properly situated / stable / firm

gata-sandehaḥ, all my doubts are gone away

kariṣye vacanaṁ tava, I will do your will

BG is call for transformation.

Real appreciation is shown in implementation

18.73 reflects the Pinnacle of surrender

Let thy will be done, not mine – Jesus before he is crucified he prayed to Lord let cup pass, because earlier they were giving a cup of poison…but later he said let Your Will O Lord be done and not mine.

Arjun went a step ahead in surrender and he not only saying let Your Will be done my Lord but He is saying I will do your Will. So he is implementing the WILL of the Lord.

Don’t ask “why this?” but “how now?”

Becoming an enjoyer is disempowering because it leaves us at the mercy of the conditions necessary for that enjoyment

Becoming a servant is empowering because service can continue in all conditions

Purport: Kṛṣṇa consciousness is acting according to Kṛṣṇa’s order.

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