अर्जुन
In plain words
Arjuna said: My delusion is destroyed; through Your grace, Achyuta, my remembrance has returned. I stand firm, free from doubt; I will do as You say.
Word for word
Destroyed is delusion; remembrance has been gained by me through Your grace, O Acyuta; I stand firm, with doubt gone; I shall do Your word.
The commentators
Bhagavadgītābhāṣyam· bhāṣya
नष्टः मोहः अज्ञानजः समस्तसंसारानर्थहेतुः, सागर इव दुरुत्तरः । स्मृतिश्च आत्मतत्त्वविषया लब्धा, यस्याः लाभात् सर्वहृदयग्रन्थीनां विप्रमोक्षः ; त्वत्प्रसादात् तव प्रसादात् मया त्वत्प्रसादम् आश्रितेन अच्युत । अनेन मोहनाशप्रश्नप्रतिवचनेन सर्वशास्त्रार्थज्ञानफलम् एतावदेवेति निश्चितं दर्शितं भवति, यतः ज्ञानात् मोहनाशः आत्मस्मृतिलाभश्चेति । तथा च श्रुतौ ‘अनात्मवित् शोचामि’(छा. उ. ७ । १ । ३) इति उपन्यस्य आत्मज्ञानेन सर्वग्रन्थीनां विप्रमोक्षः उक्तः ; ‘भिद्यते हृदयग्रन्थिः’(मु. उ. २ । २ । ९) ‘तत्र को मोहः कः शोकः एकत्वमनुपश्यतः’(ई. उ. ७) इति च मन्त्रवर्णः । अथ इदानीं त्वच्छासने स्थितः अस्मि गतसन्देहः मुक्तसंशयः । करिष्ये वचनं तव । अहं त्वत्प्रसादात् कृतार्थः, न मे कर्तव्यम् अस्ति इत्यभिप्रायः ॥ ७३ ॥
In plain words
The confusion is gone — that confusion born of not-knowing, the very root of all the trouble of this endless cycle, an ocean I could hardly have crossed on my own. And I have found again what I had lost: the memory of who I truly am — and in finding it, every knot in my heart has come undone. All by your grace, Acyuta, because I took refuge in that grace. This one answer, about confusion finally being destroyed, shows exactly what the whole teaching was for: knowledge itself is what destroys confusion, knowledge itself is what returns you to the memory of the Self. Scripture says the same: 'not knowing the Self, I grieve'; 'the knot of the heart is pierced'; 'what confusion, what grief remains, once you see the oneness of things?' And now, right now, I stand firm in what you have taught me. My doubt is gone, released completely. I will do as you say. By your grace, my purpose is already fulfilled — there is nothing left for me to do.
Close to the Sanskrit
Confusion, born of ignorance, the cause of the entire misfortune of transmigration, hard to cross like an ocean, is destroyed. And memory, concerning the reality of the Self, has been obtained, from the attainment of which comes the release of all the knots of the heart; by your grace — your grace — by me, who have taken refuge in your grace, O Imperishable One. By this answer to the question about the destruction of confusion, it is shown with certainty that the fruit of the knowledge of the meaning of the entire teaching is precisely this much — because from knowledge [come] the destruction of confusion and the attainment of the memory of the Self. And thus in scripture, having cited 'not knowing the Self, I grieve' (Chāndogya Up. 7.1.3), the release of all the knots [of the heart] by knowledge of the Self is stated; [likewise] 'the knot of the heart is pierced' (Muṇḍaka Up. 2.2.9); and 'what confusion, what grief, is there for one who perceives oneness?' (Īśā Up. 7) — such is the wording of these Vedic verses. Now, at this very moment, I stand established in your instruction, my doubt departed, my doubt released. I will carry out your word. [The implied intention is]: 'I, by your grace, am one whose purpose is accomplished; no [further] duty remains for me.'