Shloka 76

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

राजन संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य संवादमिममद्भुतम्‌ | केशवार्जुनयो: पुण्यं हृष्यामि च मुहुर्मुह:

Transliteration

rājan saṁsmṛtya saṁsmṛtya saṁvādam imam adbhutam | keśavārjunayoḥ puṇyaṁ hṛṣyāmi ca muhur muhuḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: O King, again and again recalling this wondrous dialogue, the sacred exchange between Keśava and Arjuna, I am filled with joy time after time. In remembering it, the mind turns from the violence of war toward the higher law of dharma and the purifying power of right understanding and devotion.

Word by Word

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• संस्मृत्य: having remembered
• संस्मृत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्मृ
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• संस्मृत्य: again remembering (repeatedly)
• संस्मृत्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्मृ
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), Non-finite

• संवादम्: dialogue
• संवादम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवाद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्भुतम्: wonderful, marvelous
• अद्भुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अद्भुत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• केशव-अर्जुनयोः: of Keshava and Arjuna
• केशव-अर्जुनयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव + अर्जुन
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious (deed/thing)
• पुण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हृष्यामि: I rejoice
• हृष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृष्
• Form: लट् (Present), Parasmaipada, First, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मुहुः: again, repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

• मुहुः: again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra
• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa)
• Arjuna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the transformative value of repeatedly remembering a righteous, sacred teaching dialogue: recollection of the Keśava–Arjuna discourse itself becomes purifying (puṇya) and produces inner joy, suggesting that dharmic insight and devotion can steady the mind even amid the horrors of war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to King Dhṛtarāṣṭra, pauses to express his own emotional response: as he repeatedly recalls the extraordinary conversation between Kṛṣṇa (Keśava) and Arjuna, he feels renewed delight again and again.