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“Remembering Krishna's vast form still overwhelms the mind with wonder.”
Remembering that astonishing form of Krishna again and again, I feel great wonder, O King, and I rejoice again and again.
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Sanjaya says that remembering Krishna's astonishing cosmic form fills him with wonder and repeated joy.
Sanjaya speaks this verse, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, in the chapter titled "Moksha Sanyasa Yoga" (Liberation through Renunciation).
Verse 77 sits in Chapter 18 of the Bhagavad Gita — Moksha Sanyasa Yoga, "Liberation through Renunciation". The chapter has 78 verses in total.
Years after a total solar eclipse, a woman can still describe the sudden dark and the cold that came with it. Sanjaya's memory of Krishna's cosmic form works that way: each recollection brings back wonder and joy.
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Recalling Krishna's cosmic form again and again, Sanjaya feels great wonder and keeps rejoicing.
What this verse means
Sanjaya says that remembering Krishna's astonishing cosmic form fills him with wonder and repeated joy.
Context & commentary
Sanjaya is still shaken. After recounting Krishna's teaching and Arjuna's vision, he pauses to say that remembering Krishna's cosmic form fills him with wonder and joy. The vision still lives in him.
What it looks like today
Years after a total solar eclipse, a woman can still describe the sudden dark and the cold that came with it. Sanjaya's memory of Krishna's cosmic form works that way: each recollection brings back wonder and joy.
“A true glimpse of the divine leaves the mind stunned and the heart refreshed.”
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