Shloka 18.77
Sanjaya narrates to King Dhritarashtra
तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः |विस्मयो मे महान् राजन्हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ||१८-७७||
tacca saṃsmṛtya saṃsmṛtya rūpamatyadbhutaṃ hareḥ . vismayo me mahān rājanhṛṣyāmi ca punaḥ punaḥ ||18-77||
Meaning
As memory recalls again and again the exceeding beauty of the Lord, I am filled with amazement and happiness.
Translation: Shri Purohit Swami, The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna (1935). Public domain.
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Explanation
Sanjaya recalls not only the dialogue but the vision — the rupam ati-adbhutam, the most wondrous cosmic form of Hari that Krishna revealed in the eleventh chapter. Remembering it again and again, he is filled with great vismaya (awe) and rejoices repeatedly.
Here the response to the Divine deepens from joy into wonder. Sanjaya's awe at the universal form mingles with his delight in the teaching, two facets of a single overflowing reverence. The verse reminds us that the Gita is not only profound philosophy but a revelation of God's boundless majesty.
To remember the Lord — both His words and His glory — naturally evokes wonder and joy together, the fitting response of a soul touched by the Infinite.
In daily life
Remembering the majesty of the Divine fills the heart with wonder and recurring joy.
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The Gita on remembrance, in other chapters
- Verse 10.9Sharing your spiritual life with kindred souls turns devotion into deep, lasting joy.
- Verse 11.14 · SanjayaA true encounter with the Divine moves the whole being, drawing us naturally into reverence and awe.
- Verse 2.29Approach the question of your own true nature with wonder and humility rather than intellectual certainty — the self exceeds all its definitions.
- Verse 7.30Steady remembrance of the Divine woven through life holds firm even at death's threshold — practice now what you wish to recall then.
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Questions about Bhagavad Gita 18.77
Who says Bhagavad Gita 18.77, and to whom?
Sanjaya narrates to King Dhritarashtra in verse 18.77, in Chapter 18, Moksha Sannyas Yoga (Moksha Sannyas Yoga).
What does Bhagavad Gita 18.77 mean?
As memory recalls again and again the exceeding beauty of the Lord, I am filled with amazement and happiness. (Translation: Shri Purohit Swami, The Geeta: The Gospel of the Lord Shri Krishna (1935). Public domain.)
What is the lesson of Bhagavad Gita 18.77 for daily life?
Remembering the majesty of the Divine fills the heart with wonder and recurring joy.
What do the Sanskrit words in Bhagavad Gita 18.77 mean?
तत् च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य — and remembering again and again; रूपम् अति अद्भुतं हरेः — that most wonderful form of Hari; विस्मयः मे महान् — great is my wonder; राजन् — O King; हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः — and I rejoice again and again.
Where does verse 18.77 come in the Bhagavad Gita?
It is verse 77 of 78 in Chapter 18, Moksha Sannyas Yoga. The next verse is 18.78.