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Chapter 18 · Verse 74 · Moksha Sanyaas Yoga

Bhagavad Gita 18.74

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Sanskrit

सञ्जय उवाचइत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः।संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम्।।18.74।।

Transliteration

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

In plain words

You may feel alone in your confusion, your fear, your anger—wondering if anyone has ever felt this lost. But when a truth reaches you that makes your whole body respond, that makes you tremble or weep or suddenly see differently, you are touching something ancient and alive, something that has steadied human hearts across thousands of years. The lesson for you: you are never separate from that transmission of truth; when it finds you, it means you are ready to find yourself.

Word by Word

sañjayaḥ uvācha Sanjay said
iti thus
aham I
vāsudevasya of Shree Krishna
pārthasya Arjun
cha and
mahā-ātmanaḥ the noble hearted soul
saṁvādam conversation
imam this
aśhrauṣham have heard
adbhutam wonderful
roma-harṣhaṇam which causes the hair to stand on end
Simplified Perspective

Sanjaya's wonder at witnessing this divine conversation between Krishna and Arjuna marks the threshold where knowledge becomes transmission—the sacred words that shatter illusion and awaken the heart are themselves the medicine. This teaching, preserved across millennia, still causes the spiritual seeker's hair to stand on end because truth, when truly heard, vibrates through every cell of our being.

When you receive teachings that genuinely move you—that create that unmistakable inner trembling—you are touching something eternal, something that calls you home to yourself.

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Bhagavad Gita 18.74 — BG 18.74

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Sanskrit text from the Bhagavad Gita (public domain). Commentary © Mahakatha.

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