Chapter 18 • Verse 74

Moksha Sanyasa Yoga

The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Sanskrit Verse

sanjaya uvaca: ity aham vasudevasya parthasya ca mahatmanah samvadam imam asrausam adbhutam roma-harsanam

Translation & Meaning

Sanjaya says: Thus I have heard this wonderful dialogue between Vasudeva and the great-souled Partha, which makes my hair stand on end. Sanjaya's awe bears witness to the sacred power that this dialogue carries even for its narrator.

Key Teachings

  • •Even the narrator Sanjaya is moved to awe by this sacred dialogue
  • •The Gita's power extends to those who transmit it, not only those who receive it directly
  • •The dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna is described as adbhuta — wonderful and extraordinary

Topics

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