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Bhagavad-gītā As It Is · Text 18.74
इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मन: ।
संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥ ७४ ॥
sañjaya uvāca
ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya
pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ
saṁvādam imam aśrauṣam
adbhutaṁ roma-harṣaṇam
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.
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3 study points
Sañjaya heard Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna’s wonderful conversation, and his hair stood on end.
Prabhupāda explains that Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, spoke about Himself and His energies to Arjuna, His great devotee.
Follow Arjuna’s example in understanding Kṛṣṇa to make your life happy and successful.
Sanjaya relates his experience of the whole conversation — “Hairs standing on end”
What was so wonderful about the message
Supreme Personality of Godhead was speaking about Himself and His energies to the living entity, Arjuna (a great devotee of the Lord)
Important conversation between two great souls had never taken place before and would not take place again
How to make our life happy and successful
Follow in the footsteps of Arjuna to understand Krishna
Sanjaya ecstatically thinks of the wondrous form of Krishna
Predicts victory for Arjuna, the supreme archer, and Krishna, the master of all mystics
Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.
The spiritual concepts this verse connects to.
Key ideas: bhagavān, vibhūti.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does BG 18.74 establish in Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport, and how does it connect to krishna’s nature?
Notice something excellent and see it as His opulence.
Mahābhārata episodes and stories from the purports that shed light on this verse.
Keep going: verses that carry this teaching further.
Study notes are editorial summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport.