Mahabharata 6.4.8 — Bhishma Parva, Adhyaya 4, Shloka 8
Bhīṣma Parva, Adhyāya 4 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Vyāsa Saṃvāda on Kāla and Jayalakṣaṇa
Signs of Victory
दिव्यबुद्धिप्रदीपेन युक्तस्त्वं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । प्रभावात् तस्य विप्रर्षेव्यासस्थामिततेजस:
divyabuddhipradīpena yuktas tvaṁ jñānacakṣuṣā | prabhāvāt tasya viprarṣer vyāsasthāmitatejasaḥ ||
কাৰণ অমিত তেজস্বী ব্ৰহ্মৰ্ষি ব্যাসৰ প্ৰভাৱত তুমি দিব্য বুদ্ধিৰ প্ৰদীপে আলোকিত জ্ঞানচক্ষুৰে যুক্ত হৈছা।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Authentic understanding and truthful narration arise from purified, higher insight—here symbolized as the 'eye of knowledge' lit by a 'lamp of divine intellect'—bestowed through the spiritual potency of a realized sage (Vyāsa).
Vaiśampāyana explains that the listener/narrator has been granted extraordinary perception by Vyāsa’s power, enabling him to 'see' and relate the events of the war and its dharmic significance beyond ordinary human capacity.
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