Verse-74
Chapter 18 — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga
Verse 74
🕉 Original Sanskrit Shloka
II Sanjaya uvaacha II
ityaham vāsudevasya pārthasya ch mahātmanaḥ
saṁvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutam romaharṣaṇam
🕉 English Translation
Kahe jo vachan Krishna bhagwan ne,
Jo Arjun mahatma ne sune.
Adhbhut yeh samvaad dono ka sunn,
Romanch mein aa gaya mera mann.
📜 Translation
English
Sanjay said: Thus I have heard this wonderful dialogue between Lord Vaasudeva and the great soul Arjun, which has caused my hair to stand on its end.
In the battlefield of Kurukshetra here is Lord Shri Krishna imparting the Gita's sermon to Arjun; both are having a mutual dialogue. Sanjay is endowed with divine vision, due to which he is narrating the description of it to Dhritrashtra in Hastinapur. Just as the dialogue between Shri Krishna and Arjun reached their conclusion, at that time Sanjay's emotional mental state took the form of words.
Sanjay is considering himself to be specially fortunate, joyful and thrilled. Why should he not feel so! The divine dialogue between the man and Lord incarnate, being highly secretive and wondrous, if on hearing one does not feel the thrill, how is it not possible? The verse begins with the word 'iti'. 'Ath' and 'iti' are two words. By 'ath' is indicated the beginning and by 'iti' the conclusion. The dialogue between the two has concluded; but its essence in the form of bliss and thrill has just begun. The Gita is, in fact a unique and splendid scripture, as its speaker is the one endowed with all knowledge, Lord Shri Krishna Himself and the hearer the great soul Arjun! Arjun in every pore of whose body dwells Shri Krishna, who on the strength of his emotions could get the Lord to become the charioteer of his chariot, that very Arjun who was chosen by the Lord to hear the sermon of the Gita, and immediately on hearing the preachings that very Arjun who with firmness declared the end of his delusion and resolved to comply with the order of the Lord, the use of the word 'great soul' for that Arjun by Sanjay is perfectly appropriate and relevant.