SLOKA OF THE DAY:

Bhagavad Gita As It Is -
Chapter 18 Text 73
arjuna uvaca
nasto mohah smrtir labdha
tvat-prasadan mayacyuta
sthito 'mi gata-sandehah
karisye vacanam tava

arjunah uvaca--Arjuna said; nastah--dispelled; mohah--illusion; smrtih--memory; labdha--regained; tvat-prasadat--by Your mercy; maya--by me; acyuta--O infallible Krsna; sthitah--situated; asmi--I am; gata--removed; sandehah--all doubts; karisye--I shallexecute; vacanam--order; tava--Your.

TRANSLATION

Arjuna said: My dear Krsna, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy. I am now firm and free from doubt and am prepared to act according to Your instructions.

JOURNAL:

Srila Prabhupada opens his purport with this statement; The constitutional position of a living entity, represented by Arjuna, is that he has to act according to the order of the Supreme Lord. He is meant for self-discipline.

We have learned over and over in the reading of this book that we can do as the Lord wants us to or we will do what the modes of nature force us to do. We have a choice but we only have one option. Under the modes of material nature lies only the illusion of more options.