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18.76Sanjaya
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राजन्संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम् ।केशवार्जुनयोः पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुहुः ॥

rājan saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya saṃvādam imam adbhutam |keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṃ hṛṣyāmi ca muhur muhuḥ ||

राजन् · rājan
O king
संस्मृत्य · saṃsmṛtya
remembering
संवादम् · saṃvādam
the dialogue
इमम् · imam
this
अद्भुतम् · adbhutam
wondrous
केशवार्जुनयोः · keśavārjunayoḥ
of Keshava and Arjuna
पुण्यम् · puṇyam
holy
हृष्यामि · hṛṣyāmi
I rejoice
मुहुर्मुहुः · muhur muhuḥ
again and again

O king, remembering again and again this wondrous and holy dialogue of Keshava and Arjuna, I rejoice over and over.

Original plain-language translation

Remembrance (smṛti) — the very thing Arjuna regained — now fills Sanjaya: repeated recollection, repeated joy. The doubled 'remembering remembering' enacts the practice. Told to the blind king Dhritarashtra, it is a final invitation: even he may rejoice if he will remember.

Reader's notes (original)