Shloka 40
न च तच्छुश्रुवे कश्चित् तेषां संवदतां नृप । ऋते भीष्म महाबाहुं मां चापि मुनितेजसा
na ca tac chuśruve kaścit teṣāṁ saṁvadatāṁ nṛpa | ṛte bhīṣma-mahābāhuṁ māṁ cāpi munitejasā ||
Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Raja, tiada seorang pun mendengar kata-kata para resi itu ketika mereka berbicara—kecuali Bhīṣma yang berlengan perkasa dan aku sendiri. Aku dapat mendengarnya hanya kerana kesaktian rohani resi 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.