Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 18, Verse 76
राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः।।
rājan sansmṛtya sansmṛtya saṁvādam imam adbhutam
keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṁ hṛṣyāmi ca muhur muhuḥ
also searched as "rajan sansmritya sansmritya samvadam imam adbhutam"
Translation
O King, remembering again and again this wondrous and auspicious dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna, I rejoice time and again.
Vāṇi's rendering
Remembering, and remembering again, this holy and astonishing dialogue of Krishna and Arjuna — I rejoice, again and again.
Word by word
| Sanskrit & transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|
| राजन्rājan | O King — Sanjaya addressing Dhṛtarāṣṭra |
| संस्मृत्यsansmṛtya | having remembered, calling it back to mind |
| संस्मृत्यsansmṛtya | and remembering yet again — the word is repeated on purpose |
| संवादम्saṁvādam | the conversation, the speaking-together |
| इमम्imam | this one, the very one just heard |
| अद्भुतम्adbhutam | astonishing, wonder-making |
| केशवkeśava | Krishna (joined to the next word by sandhi) |
| अर्जुनयोःarjunayoḥ | and Arjuna — of the two of them |
| पुण्यम्puṇyaṁ | holy, purifying, merit-bearing |
| हृष्यामिhṛṣyāmi | I thrill, I rejoice, my hair stands up |
| चca | and |
| मुहुर्muhur | again (muhuḥ, softened before the next word) |
| मुहुःmuhuḥ | and again — over and over |
Frequently asked
What does Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 Verse 76 mean?
Sanjaya tells the blind king what the hearing did to him. He calls the dialogue of Krishna and Arjuna astonishing and holy, and says that each time he brings it back to mind, delight rises in him afresh. The verse records not the teaching but its aftertaste — and the aftertaste keeps returning.
Rajan sansmritya sansmritya samvadam imam adbhutam — what is being said in this line?
It means: O King, remembering and remembering again this astonishing conversation. The repetition of saṁsmṛtya is the heart of it. Sanjaya does not remember once and move on. He goes back, and back, and the wonder has not worn thin. Recollection here is a practice, not an accident.
Why does Sanjaya rejoice again and again?
Because he keeps returning. The joy is not stored from the first hearing; it is made new each time he calls the words back. Hṛṣyāmi means the body responds — the skin lifts. Sanjaya shows what a teaching is worth by how often he chooses to remember it.
How do I keep the Gita from fading after I finish reading it?
By doing what Sanjaya does. Say a line back to yourself when the day turns hard. Return to the same verse without needing it to be new. Understanding fades on its own; it is remembering, deliberately and repeatedly, that keeps it alive in you.
Read every verse this way, held — inside Vāṇi.
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Commentary
Sanjaya is not the student here. He was the one carrying messages, standing at the edge of a war he could not stop, and what he takes away is not strategy — it is joy. Notice the doubling. He remembers, and remembers again; he rejoices, again and again. The Gītā's last teaching about the Gītā is that once is not enough. A thing heard clearly can still fade by evening. So Sanjaya returns to it, and each return brings the delight back intact. Whatever you understood today will need saying to yourself again tomorrow. That is not weakness of memory. That is how holy things are kept.