Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

Bg 18.74

sañjaya uvāca
ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya
pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ
saṁvādam imam aśrauṣam
adbhutaṁ roma-harṣaṇam

Synonyms: 

sañjayaḥ uvāca — Sañjaya said; iti — thus; aham — I; vāsudevasya — of Kṛṣṇa; pārthasya — and Arjuna; ca — also; mahā–ātmanaḥ — of the great soul; saṁvādam — discussion; imam — this; aśrauṣam — have heard; adbhutam — wonderful; roma–harṣaṇam — making the hair stand on end.

Translation: 

Sañjaya said: Thus have I heard the conversation of two great souls, Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna. And so wonderful is that message that my hair is standing on end.

ity ahaṁ vāsudevasya, Between vāsudevasya

pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ, Between vāsudevasya and Partha 

Mahabhart is narrated by Vaisapayan Rishi to Janmajeya, son of Parikshit Maharaj, great grand son of Arjuna, 

Within Mahabharat Sanjaya is narrating to Dhritarastra 

Within that in the Bhisma Parva there is conversation between Krishna and Arjuna, 

Conversation between Dhritarastra and Sanjaya started in BG with first question what happened and now Sanjay is answering that this beautiful conversation takes place. 

Mahatma word is used by Krishna and Sanjaya both to refer to devotees. Sanjaya has used the word to address Krishna and Arjuna both here.

9.13 Krishna has used this…

mahātmānas tu māṁ pārtha
daivīṁ prakṛtim āśritāḥ
bhajanty ananya-manaso
jñātvā bhūtādim avyayam

7.19

bahūnāṁ janmanām ante
jñānavān māṁ prapadyate
vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti
sa mahātmā su-durlabhaḥ

Krishna is Maha – Atma that there is no doubt and Arjuna is also because he has surrendered to will of Krishna. 

saṁvādam imam aśrauṣam, aśrauṣam is to hear, sravan is to hear, I have heard this Samvad

adbhutaṁ roma-harṣaṇam, it is wonderful it is extraordinary, amazing, and as a result the hair on my body are standing up, so earlier roma harsha was because of fear now it is because of ecstasy

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