Shloka 40
न च तच्छुश्रुवे कश्चित् तेषां संवदतां नृप । ऋते भीष्म महाबाहुं मां चापि मुनितेजसा,राजन! उस समय उपर्युक्त बातें कहनेवाले ऋषियोंका शब्द महाबाहु भीष्म तथा मुझको छोड़कर और कोई नहीं सुन सका। मुझे तो महर्षि व्यासके प्रभावसे ही वह बात सुनायी पड़ी
na ca tac chuśruve kaścit teṣāṁ saṁvadatāṁ nṛpa | ṛte bhīṣma-mahābāhuṁ māṁ cāpi munitejasā ||
Sañjaya said: O King, no one heard the words of those sages as they conversed—except mighty-armed Bhīṣma and myself. I was able to hear it only through the spiritual potency of the sage Vyāsa.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge in the epic is often mediated by spiritual authority: Sañjaya’s access to hidden events depends not on ordinary senses but on the sage Vyāsa’s tejas, underscoring the primacy of ṛṣi-śakti and trustworthy transmission.
Sañjaya tells Dhṛtarāṣṭra that a certain conversation among sages was inaudible to everyone else; only Bhīṣma and Sañjaya could hear it, and Sañjaya’s hearing was enabled specifically by Vyāsa’s supernatural power.