Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 18, Verse 75
व्यासप्रसादाच्छ्रुतवानेतद्गुह्यमहं परम्।योगं योगेश्वरात्कृष्णात्साक्षात्कथयतः स्वयम्।।
vyāsa-prasādāc cchrutavān etad guhyam ahaṁ param
yogaṁ yogeśvarāt kṛṣṇāt sākṣāt kathayataḥ svayam
also searched as "vyasa-prasadac chrutavan etad guhyam aham param"
Translation
By the grace of Vyasa, I have heard this supreme mystery of Yoga, declared in person by Krsna, the Lord of Yoga.
Vāṇi's rendering
By Vyasa's grace I heard this supreme secret from the lord of yoga himself — Krishna, speaking it in person.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| व्यासप्रसादात्vyāsa-prasādāt | by the grace of Vyāsa (sandhi: the final t joins with the following word) |
| श्रुतवान्śrutavān | I have heard |
| एतत्etat | this |
| गुह्यम्guhyam | secret, hidden teaching |
| अहम्aham | I |
| परम्param | supreme, highest |
| योगम्yogam | the yoga, the union taught here |
| योगेश्वरात्yogeśvarāt | from the lord of yoga |
| कृष्णात्kṛṣṇāt | from Krishna |
| साक्षात्sākṣāt | directly, in person, before my own eyes |
| कथयतःkathayataḥ | as he was speaking it |
| स्वयम्svayam | himself |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 75 mean?
Sanjaya tells Dhṛtarāṣṭra how he came to know what he has just recounted. Vyāsa's grace gave him the capacity to hear, and what he heard was Krishna speaking directly — sākṣāt, not through report or rumour. He names both the giver of the hearing and the speaker of the teaching, and claims neither as his own achievement.
What does 'vyasa prasadac chrutavan etad guhyam aham param' mean?
By Vyāsa's grace I have heard this supreme secret. The word prasāda matters — Sanjaya does not say he earned the vision or deserved it. It was given. The whole seven hundred verses reach us because someone was given the eyes to see and the willingness to repeat what was seen.
Who is speaking in Bhagavad Gita 18.75, Krishna or Arjuna?
Neither. Sanjaya speaks. The Gītā closes with the voice it opened in — the one who watched and reported. Krishna taught Arjuna, but the teaching arrives with you through a third person who was simply present, listening, and honest about where his sight came from.
Why does the Gita end with Sanjaya instead of Krishna?
Because you are not Arjuna in the chariot; you are the one being told. Sanjaya's position is yours — receiving at a remove, through a lineage of speakers. The verse insists that this is no lesser way to hear. Krishna spoke once, in person. He is still being heard.
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Commentary
Sanjaya is not in the chariot. He is a reporter in a blind king's hall, and yet he says he heard it — sākṣāt, in person, from the lord of yoga. What made that possible was not proximity but Vyāsa's grace: someone gave him the eyes. Notice he names his debt before he names his gift. Every word of the Gītā you hold came the same way — through someone who passed it on, and someone before them. You were not at Kurukshetra. Neither was he. The hearing still happened, and it happens where you are sitting.