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BG 18.76 — 18.76 O King, remembering this wonderful and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I rejoice again and again.
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राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् |
केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ||१८-७६||

rājansaṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādamimamadbhutam . keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhurmuhuḥ ||18-76||


18.76 O King, remembering this wonderful and holy dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, I rejoice again and again.

Word-by-word meanings

18.76 राजन् O King? संस्मृत्य having remembered? संस्मृत्य having remembered? संवादम् the dialogue? इमम् this? अद्भुतम् wonderful? केशवार्जुनयोः between Kesava and Arjuna? पुण्यम् holy? हृष्यामि (I) rejoice? च and? मुहुः again? मुहुः again.Commentary Rajan King Dhritarashtra to whom the Gita is narrated by Sanjaya.Punyam Holy because the mere hearing of the dialogue destroys a multitude of sins and makes the hearer pious and Godfearing and turns his mind towards God.

Commentaries

Non-dualism. The individual self and Brahman are one. The world is appearance (maya). Liberation through knowledge.

Sri Shankaracharya

18.76 And, rajan, O king, Dhrtarastra; after having heard, samsmrtya samsmrtya, while repeatedly remembering; imam, this; adbhuttam, unie; samvadam, dialogue; kesava-arjunayoh, between Kesava and Arjuna; which is punyam, sacred, removes sin even when heard; hrsyami, I rejoice; muhuh, muhuh, every moment.

Swami Gambirananda

18.76 And, O king, while repeatedly remembering this unie, sacred dialogue between Kesava and Arjuna, I rejoice every moment.

This interpretation draws on the Advaita tradition and may not represent the view of any single school. For authoritative guidance within a specific tradition, seek a qualified teacher.

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