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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Bhagavad-gītā As It Is 18.74
ity aham vāsudevasya
SYNONYMS
sañjayah uvāca — Sañjaya said; iti — thus; aham — I; vāsudevasya — of Krishna; pārthasya — and Arjuna; ca — also; mahā-ātmanah — of the great soul; samvādam — discussion; imam — this; aśrausham — have heard; adbhutam — wonderful; roma-harshanam — making the hair stand on end.
TRANSLATION
Sañjaya said: Thus have I heard the conversation of two great souls, Krishna and Arjuna. And so wonderful is that message that my hair is standing on end.
PURPORT
In the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā, Dhritarāshtra inquired from his secretary Sañjaya, "What happened on the Battlefield of Kurukshetra?" 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 had never taken place before and would not take place again. It was wonderful because the Supreme Personality of Godhead was 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 Krishna, then our life will be happy and successful. Sañjaya realized this, and as he began to understand it, he related the conversation to Dhritarāshtra. Now it is concluded that wherever there is Krishna and Arjuna, there is victory.
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