Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18: Freedom through Renunciation

Bhagavad Gita 18.74

इत्यहं वासुदेवस्य पार्थस्य च महात्मनः । संवादमिममश्रौषमद्भुतं रोमहर्षणम् ॥

ityahaṃ vāsudevasya pārthasya ca mahātmanaḥ | saṃvādamimamaśrauṣamadbhutaṃ romaharṣaṇam ||

In this way I heard this wondrous dialogue between Krishna and the great-souled Arjuna, which makes my hair stand on end.

Modern context

Sanjaya, the narrator, steps back in. He has heard the whole dialogue, and it has made his hair stand on end. The Gita ends not with a summary but with wonder. The one who heard it is still shaken by it. The teaching is meant not only to inform but to move, to leave the listener changed.