Gita 18.74

Sadhak: "Why does the narrative return to Sanjaya at the end?"

Guru: "To complete the frame and show the teaching's transmission. The Gita isn't just Krishna-Arjuna—it's Krishna-Arjuna-Sanjaya-Dhritarashtra, and through this chain, all of humanity. Sanjaya represents the witness, the one who receives sacred teaching and passes it on. His testimony validates the dialogue as something that HAPPENED and affected its listeners."

Sadhak: "'Roma-harshanam'—hair standing on end. Is this physical response spiritually significant?"

Guru: "Yes—the body often knows before the mind fully grasps. When something sacred or true is encountered, the body responds with awe, tears, trembling, hair rising. These aren't mere emotions but the organism recognizing truth beyond what intellect can process. Sanjaya's body testified to what his mind was hearing."

Sadhak: "Sanjaya wasn't directly taught by Krishna—he only overheard. Can secondhand teaching have the same effect?"

Guru: "Sanjaya's response shows it can. The teaching carries power regardless of the mode of transmission, if the receiver is ready. We all receive the Gita secondhand—through text, through teachers—yet millions have been transformed. The question isn't how you receive but whether you truly receive."

Sadhak: "Why does Sanjaya call Arjuna 'mahatmana'—great-souled? He was confused and scared."

Guru: "Arjuna's greatness isn't perfection but receptivity. He had the courage to confess confusion, the humility to ask for help, the concentration to listen, and the honesty to report transformation. These make him mahatma—great-souled. Greatness isn't absence of problems but how one engages them."