Sanjaya

Sanjaya

Divine Narrator

Minister and charioteer of King Dhritarashtra, blessed by the sage Vyasa with divine vision to witness and narrate the entirety of the Kurukshetra war. His faithful narration carries the words of the Gita to the world.

Speaking: Chapter 18, Verse 77

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Verse 77

The Yoga of Liberation through Renunciation

And recalling again and again that most wondrous form of Hari, great is my amazement, O King — and I rejoice again and again.

Context & Meaning

From the dialogue, Sanjaya turns to the vision — the Vishvarupa, the cosmic form that Arjuna beheld in Chapter 11. Even in memory, even in recollection, the vision overwhelms. Vismayo me mahān — great, great is my wonder. The Vishvarupa was given to Arjuna directly; Sanjaya received it through Vyasa's divine gift. Both were undone by it. Both were remade by it. Wonder — not analysis, not intellectual satisfaction, but pure, reverent astonishment — is the heart's proper response to the sight of the infinite. And in Sanjaya's awe, every devotee who has ever been silenced by a glimpse of the sacred finds their own experience honoured.