Shloka 8
Bhīṣma Parva, Adhyāya 4 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Vyāsa Saṃvāda on Kāla and Jayalakṣaṇa
Signs of Victory
दिव्यबुद्धिप्रदीपेन युक्तस्त्वं ज्ञानचक्षुषा । प्रभावात् तस्य विप्रर्षेव्यासस्थामिततेजस:,“क्योंकि तुम अमित तेजस्वी ब्रह्मर्षि व्यासजीके प्रभावसे दिव्य बुद्धिरूपी प्रदीपसे प्रकाशित ज्ञानदृष्टिसे सम्पन्न हो गये हो"
divyabuddhipradīpena yuktas tvaṁ jñānacakṣuṣā | prabhāvāt tasya viprarṣer vyāsasthāmitatejasaḥ ||
«Ибо силою того брахмариши Вьясы, чьё сияние неизмеримо, ты наделён оком истинного знания, озарённым светильником божественного разума. Потому ты способен видеть и повествовать о событиях, недоступных обычному взору.»
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.