अर्जुन उवाच ।मदनुग्रहाय परमं गुह्यमध्यात्मसंज्ञितम् ।यत्त्वयोक्तं वचस्तेन मोहोऽयं विगतो मम ॥
arjuna uvāca |mad-anugrahāya paramaṃ guhyam adhyātma-saṃjñitam |yat tvayoktaṃ vacas tena moho 'yaṃ vigato mama ||
- अर्जुन · arjuna
- Arjuna
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- मदनुग्रहाय · mad-anugrahāya
- out of grace toward me
- परमम् · paramam
- supreme
- गुह्यम् · guhyam
- secret teaching
- अध्यात्मसंज्ञितम् · adhyātma-saṃjñitam
- concerning the self
- वचः · vacaḥ
- words, discourse
- मोहः · mohaḥ
- delusion
- विगतः · vigataḥ
- has departed, dispelled
“Arjuna said: Out of grace toward me, you have spoken the supreme secret concerning the self, and by those words this delusion of mine is dispelled.”
— Original plain-language translation
Arjuna opens Chapter 11 as a changed student: the confusion of Chapter 1 has lifted after the teaching of Chapters 7–10. His gratitude sets up the bold request that follows — to see with his own eyes what he has so far only heard described.
— Reader's notes (original)