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Then, Arjuna, filled with wonder and with his hair standing on end, bowed down his head to the God and spoke with joined palms.

Then Dhananjaya, overcome with wonder, his hair standing on end, bowed his head to the god and, with joined palms, spoke.

Sanjaya describes Arjuna's response to the vision. He is filled with wonder, and the hair on his body stands on end, a sign of intense emotion in Indian literature. He bows his head and joins his palms in reverence before speaking. The verse is a pause before Arjuna's long hymn of praise and terror. It shows the change in his relation to Krishna: the friend and charioteer is now approached as a god, with the gestures of worship. The phrasing echoes the start of the dialogue, where Arjuna's hair also stood on end, then from dread at the prospect of war.