Srimad Bhagavad-Gita : Chapter-18, Slokam - 77.

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Tuesday, February 07, 2023. 07:30. 

Chapter-18.  Moksha-sannyasa-yogam.

Slokam-77.

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Slokam-77. 
With Translation :

"tacca  samsmrtya samsmrtya  rupamatyadbhutam hareh,

vismayo me  mahan  rajan hrshyami ca punah punah."

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"O King, when I remember the wonderful form of Lord,  I am struck with even greater wonder, and I rejoice again and again."

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Translation :

ca  =  not  only  that;

hareh  ati  adbhutam  =  Lord's  Supreme  astonishing;

tat  rupa  =  that  Visvarupam  is,  that;

samsmrtya    samsmrtya   =   reminding  myself  (  remembering  ( and )  remembering;

me  vismayah  mahan  =  my  wonder  is  multiplying;

punah  punah  hrshyami  ca  =  again  and  again,  in astonishment by the power of his celestial 

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Bhashyam (Vyakyanam) :

It appears that Sanjaya also, by the grace of Vyasa, could see the universal form of Krishna exhibited to Arjuna.

It is, of course, said that Lord Krishna never exhibited such a form before.

It was exhibited to Arjuna only, yet some great devotees could also see the universal form of Krishna when it was shown to Arjuna, and Vyasa was one of them.

He is one of the great devotees of the Lord, and he is considered to be a powerful incarnation of Krishna.

Vyasa disclosed this to his disciple, Sanjaya, who remembered that wonderful form of Krishna exhibited to Arjuna and enjoyed it repeatedly.

The phrase rupam atyadbhutam refers to the phenomenal visvarupa or universal form exhibited by Lord Krishna on the battlefield that was described in chapter 11 which Sanjaya had observed in astonishment by the power of his celestial vision.

The more he remembered this amazing and astonishing visvarupa the more rapturous and ecstatic he became by its transcendental magnificence. Marvelling in wondrous ecstasy he is incessantly inundated by waves of rapture.

Recollecting the phenomenal vision of Lord Krishna's fantastic vishvarupa universal form, Sanjaya is inundated with waves of indescribable ecstasy.

When Sanjaya reflects on the immaculate and amazing, wondrous and astounding visvarupa or universal form He is inundated by waves of ecstasy.

To  be  continued  ..

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