Shloka 1
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्मा भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत जम्बूण्डविनिर्माणपर्वमें सैन्यशिक्षणविषयक पहला अध्याय पूरा हुआ
vaiśampāyana uvāca
tataḥ pūrvāpare sainye samīkṣya bhagavān ṛṣiḥ |
sarvavedavidāṃ śreṣṭho vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Kemudian Bhagavān Ṛṣi Vyāsa, putra Satyavatī, yang utama di antara para pemaham Veda, setelah meninjau kedua bala tentara yang berhadap-hadapan di sisi timur dan barat, seakan melihat dengan jelas akibat perang dahsyat yang akan datang, bersiap menuju Raja Dhṛtarāṣṭra, putra Vicitravīrya.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the moral weight of impending war by placing a Veda-grounded seer (Vyāsa) as witness: true authority is linked to clear-sighted discernment (samīkṣā) and responsibility in moments when collective violence is about to unfold.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Vyāsa, after carefully observing the two armies positioned opposite each other (east and west), enters the scene as a decisive spiritual authority—setting up the subsequent episode in which he intervenes in response to the looming battle.