सञ्जय उवाच ।इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः ।संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥
sañjaya uvāca |ity ahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ |saṃvādam imam aśrauṣam adbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam ||
- सञ्जय · sañjaya
- Sanjaya
- उवाच · uvāca
- said
- अहम् · aham
- I
- वासुदेवस्य · vāsudevasya
- of Vasudeva (Krishna)
- पार्थस्य · pārthasya
- of Partha
- महात्मनः · mahātmanaḥ
- of the great-souled one
- संवादम् · saṃvādam
- the dialogue
- इमम् · imam
- this
- अश्रौषम् · aśrauṣam
- I heard
- अद्भुतम् · adbhutam
- wondrous
- रोमहर्षणम् · romaharṣaṇam
- making the hair stand on end, thrilling
“Sanjaya said: Thus I heard this wondrous dialogue of Vasudeva and the great-souled Partha, which makes the hair stand on end.”
— Original plain-language translation
The frame returns: Sanjaya, the narrator, confesses his own thrill — the reporter is also a devotee. 'Great-souled Partha' honors the transformed Arjuna of 18.73. The outer audience (Dhritarashtra) now hears what the inner audience lived.
— Reader's notes (original)