This is the moment the entire Gita has been building toward. Arjuna speaks — and every word carries the weight of transformation. My delusion is gone. My memory has returned. By Your grace, Achyuta, I stand firm. My doubt has vanished. I will act according to Your word.
Remember where Arjuna began. In Chapter 1, he dropped his bow. His limbs trembled. His mouth went dry. He could not see clearly. He said: 'I will not fight.' Eighteen chapters later, the same person stands upright. Clear-eyed. Resolved. Not because someone forced him, but because understanding has replaced confusion.
The phrase 'smritir labdha' — my memory has returned — does not mean he forgot facts. It means he has remembered who he truly is. Self-knowledge, in the Gita's framework, is not learning something new. It is recovering what was always there but had been buried under layers of confusion, grief, and misidentification.