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Chapter 18

Chapter 18 · Verse 74

Moksha Sannyasa Yoga

मोक्षसंन्यासयोग

सञ्जय उवाच | इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः | संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ||१८-७४||

sañjaya uvāca . ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ . saṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam ||18-74||

In plain words

Wonderful because it deals with Yoga and transcendental spiritual matters that pertain to the mysterious immortal Self. Whenever good higher emotions manifest themselves in the heart the hair stands on end. Devotees often experience this horripilation.

Translation

18.74 Sanjaya said Thus have I heard this wondrous dialogue between Vasudeva and the great-minded Arjuna, which makes my hair stand on end.

Meaning

Wonderful because it deals with Yoga and transcendental spiritual matters that pertain to the mysterious immortal Self. Whenever good higher emotions manifest themselves in the heart the hair stands on end. Devotees often experience this horripilation.

Word by word

इति thus अहम् I वासुदेवस्य of Krishna पार्थस्य of Arjuna च and महात्मनः highsouled संवादम् dialogue इमम् this अश्रौषम् (I) have heard अद्भुतम् wonderful रोमहर्षणम् which causes the hair to stand on end.