BG 18.74 (1972)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 74
- सञ्जय उवाच ।
- इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः ।
- संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥७४॥
- sañjaya uvāca
- ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya
- pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ
- saṁvādam imam aśrauṣam
- adbhutaṁ roma-harṣaṇam
SYNONYMS
sañjayaḥ uvāca—Sañjaya said; iti—thus; aham—I; vāsudevasya—of Kṛṣṇa; pārthasya—of Arjuna; ca—also; mahātmanaḥ—two great souls; saṁvādam—discussing; imam—this; aśrauṣam—heard; adbhutam—wonder; romaharṣaṇam—hair standing on end.
TRANSLATION
Sañjaya said: Thus have I heard the conversation of two great souls, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. And so wonderful is that message that my hair is standing on end.
PURPORT
In the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā, Dhṛtarāṣṭra inquired from his secretary Sañjaya, "What happened in the Battlefield of Kurukṣetra?" The entire study was related to the heart of Sañjaya by the grace of his spiritual master, Vyāsa. He thus explained the theme of the battlefield. The conversation was wonderful because such an important conversation between two great souls never took place before and would not take place again. It is wonderful because the Supreme Personality of Godhead is speaking about Himself and His energies to the living entity, Arjuna, a great devotee of the Lord. If we follow in the footsteps of Arjuna to understand Kṛṣṇa, then our life will be happy and successful. Sañjaya realized this, and as he began to understand it, he related the conversation to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. Now it is concluded that wherever there is Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, there is victory.