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Sanskrit

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा । कच्चिदज्ञानसम्मोहः प्रणष्टस्ते धनञ्जय ॥ ७२ ॥

kaccid etac chrutaṃ pārtha tvayaikāgreṇa cetasā kaccid ajñāna-sammohaḥ praṇaṣṭas te dhanañjaya

Translation

Hath this been heard, O son of Prithâ, with one-pointed mind? Has thy delusion, caused by unwisdom, been destroyed, O Dhananjaya?

Annie Besant · The Bhagavad-Gita, translated by Annie Besant (4th ed., 1922) — Wikisource · Public Domain

Explanation

Krishna’s teaching ends not with a final statement but with a direct question back to his student: has this been heard with a one-pointed mind, and has delusion born of unwisdom actually been destroyed? It’s a pointed structural choice — eighteen chapters of philosophy conclude by refusing to declare their own success, leaving that verdict entirely to Arjuna’s next words.