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11.1Arjuna
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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
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)