Yathora

The Gita · Chapter 18

Bhagavad Gita 18.74

इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः।संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम्॥

sañjaya uvācha ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya pārthasya cha mahātmanaḥ saṁvādam imam aśhrauṣham adbhutaṁ roma-harṣhaṇam

Translation

Sanjaya said: I heard this marvellous dialogue of Vâsudeva, and of the great-souled Partha, causing my hair to stand on end.

What it means

Sanjaya said: thus I heard this wondrous dialogue between Vasudeva and the great-souled Partha, making my hair stand on end. The frame narrator returns to testify. Even the reporter is changed by the report.

Try this today

The narrator's testimony: even the listener is transformed.

Something to reflect on

When has reporting something changed me, the reporter?

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Translation by Annie Besant (1905, public domain). The meanings are original to Yathora, drawn from Shankara’s commentary.