Shloka 9
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
एष ते संजयो राजन् युद्धमेतद् वदिष्यति । एतस्य सर्वसंग्रामे न परोक्षं भविष्यति
eṣa te sañjayo rājan yuddham etad vadiṣyati | etasya sarva-saṅgrāme na parokṣaṁ bhaviṣyati ||
Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai Raja, Sañjaya ini akan menceritakan kepada tuanku perjalanan perang ini. Dalam seluruh pertempuran, tiada sesuatu pun akan tersembunyi daripada pengetahuannya yang langsung.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the ethical weight of truthful witnessing: the king will receive an unhidden account of the war through Sañjaya, implying that rulers cannot evade responsibility by claiming ignorance of events carried out in their name.
Vaiśampāyana explains that Sañjaya will report the war to the king (Dhṛtarāṣṭra) and that nothing occurring across the battlefield will be beyond Sañjaya’s direct knowledge, setting up Sañjaya’s role as the immediate narrator of the Kurukṣetra events.