Shloka 9

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्

Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens

Devanagari script

एष ते संजयो राजन्‌ युद्धमेतद्‌ वदिष्यति । एतस्य सर्वसंग्रामे न परोक्षं भविष्यति

Transliteration

eṣa te sañjayo rājan yuddham etad vadiṣyati | etasya sarva-saṅgrāme na parokṣaṁ bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: “Tâu Đại vương, Sañjaya này sẽ thuật lại cho bệ hạ diễn tiến của cuộc chiến. Trong toàn bộ cuộc giao tranh, sẽ không có điều gì còn ẩn khuất khỏi sự nhận biết trực tiếp của ông ấy.”

Word by Word

• एषः: this (person)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• संजयः: Sanjaya
• संजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युद्धम्: war, battle
• युद्धम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वदिष्यति: will tell, will describe
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular

• एतस्य: of this (one), of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वसंग्रामे: in the entire battle
• सर्वसंग्रामे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वसंग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परोक्षम्: indirect, unseen
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परोक्ष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Sañjaya
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra (addressed as rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.