Verse 18.77

Verse 18.77: “As I remember, (and again) remember, that extremely wonderful Form of Hari, great, O King, grows my amazement, and I am filled with rapture again and again; (1616)

Commentary called Jnaneshwari by Jnaneshwar:

Then rising up he said,

“How do you remain unmoved even after having a vision of the ‘Omniform’ of Lord Hari? How can one miss that which becomes discernible without seeing, which exists in nonexistence and which forces entrance into memory though one tries to forget it. There is no scope left for one even to indulge in amazement, since the flood of the Ganges (in the form of knowledge contained in the dialogue) is so high that I am even being carried away along with it.”

In that way Samjaya had a bath in the holy conflux in the form of the dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna and he renounced his egotism (detase tiladāna ahantece—tiladāna agara tilāñjalī[?]—Tila Dana or Tilanjali literally means pouring out to the manes water mixed with sesamum seed). In rapturous state he would gibber something uncommon, and would from time to time keep on repeating ‘Krishna’ ‘Krishna’ in vehement devotion. Dhritarashtra not being able to appreciate correctly in his heart these different phases, began to form some wild ideas about them. Just then absorbing within himself that happiness he experienced, Samjaya pacified his feelings.

Instead of asking any questions suitable to the occasion the King said,

“Oh Samjaya, what sort of manners of yours all these are? With what motive did the sage Vyasa post (lit. make you sit) here, and what sort of talk unsuitable to the occasion as it is, do you indulge in?”

Were a rustic (lit. dweller in a forest) to be taken to a palace he would feel stranded and desolate there; with the break of the day a night-wanderer feels it as night-time; one who cannot appreciate the proper worth of a thing, naturally feels it to be insipid (tasteless). It was (thus) but natural that Dhritarashtra should think Samjaya as doing something out of the way.

Then he asked Samjaya,

“Tell me who would be ultimately victorious in this war that has arisen. As things stand, to my mind greater valour is ranged on the side of Duryodhana: besides, the numerical strength (of his army) is one and half times greater as compared to Pandavas’, and therefore his victory is certain, is it not so? At least I think so; I do not know what is your forecast (prediction), Oh Samjaya. But do tell me whatever it is.”