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Chapter 18 • Verse 74
The Yoga of Liberation by Renunciation
MEANING & CONTEXT
Sanjaya, the narrator, begins his concluding description. 'Ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ saṁvādam imam aśrauṣaṁ'—thus (iti), I (aham) have heard (aśrauṣam) this conversation (imam saṁvādam) between Vasudeva (vāsudevasya) and the great-souled Partha (pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ). 'Adbhutaṁ roma-harṣaṇam'—wonderful (adbhutam) and hair-raising (roma-harṣaṇam). Sanjaya, who has been narrating the entire conversation to King Dhritarashtra, now describes what he has witnessed. He calls it wonderful and hair-raising—expressions of its profound and transformative nature. This marks the transition from the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna to Sanjaya's concluding remarks about the experience.
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Key Takeaway
This verse begins Sanjaya's concluding description: thus, I have heard this wonderful and hair-raising conversation between Vasudeva and the great-souled Partha (ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ saṁvādam imam aśrauṣaṁ adbhutaṁ roma-harṣaṇam). Sanjaya, who has been narrating the entire conversation to King Dhritarashtra, now describes what he has witnessed. He calls it wonderful and hair-raising—expressions of its profound and transformative nature. This reveals that the teaching is not just information, but a transformative experience. When you understand this, you realize: you don't need to treat this teaching as just information. You can recognize it as wonderful and hair-raising—as a transformative experience that reveals the ultimate truth and transforms you completely. This is the path: recognizing the wonder and transformative power of the teaching.
Personal Reflection
Do you appreciate the wonder and transformative nature of this teaching? Is it wonderful and hair-raising to you? What would change if you understood that this teaching is wonderful because it reveals the ultimate truth, and it's hair-raising because it transforms you completely?
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