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“A true dialogue can leave the listener shaken and changed.”
Sanjaya said: Thus I heard this wondrous, hair-raising dialogue between Vasudeva and the great-souled Partha.
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Read literallySanjaya said · thus · I · of Vasudeva · of Partha · and · of the great-souled one · dialogue · this · I heard · wonderful · hair-raising
Sanjaya closes by saying he heard this astonishing exchange between Krishna and Arjuna.
Sanjaya speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" (Liberation through Renunciation).
Verse 74 sits in Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga, "Liberation through Renunciation". The chapter has 78 verses in total.
You sit in a silent car after a life-changing conversation, still feeling the words in your body. Some exchanges are not just heard; they rearrange you.
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What this verse means
Sanjaya closes by saying he heard this astonishing exchange between Krishna and Arjuna.
Context & commentary
The war is still paused on Kurukshetra. Arjuna has just regained clarity, and Krishna’s teaching is complete. Sanjaya ends by telling Dhritarashtra that he personally heard this extraordinary dialogue between Vasudeva and the great-souled Arjuna.
Why this verse still matters
You sit in a silent car after a life-changing conversation, still feeling the words in your body. Some exchanges are not just heard; they rearrange you.
“Some truths arrive as living experience, not secondhand theory.”
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