Shloka 1
भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय २: संजयस्य दिव्यदृष्टिप्रदानम् तथा निमित्तवर्णनम्
Granting Sañjaya Divine Sight and the Description of Omens
इस प्रकार श्रीमह्मा भारत भीष्मपर्वके अन्तर्गत जम्बूण्डविनिर्माणपर्वमें सैन्यशिक्षणविषयक पहला अध्याय पूरा हुआ
vaiśampāyana uvāca
tataḥ pūrvāpare sainye samīkṣya bhagavān ṛṣiḥ |
sarvavedavidāṃ śreṣṭho vyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ ||
毗舍婆耶那说道：其时，福德具足的圣仙——萨蒂雅伐蒂之子毗耶娑，诸吠陀通达者中最为卓越者——巡视了东西两侧相对列阵的两军，遂为将来之事而准备有所作为。
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse foregrounds the moral weight of impending war by placing a Veda-grounded seer (Vyāsa) as witness: true authority is linked to clear-sighted discernment (samīkṣā) and responsibility in moments when collective violence is about to unfold.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Vyāsa, after carefully observing the two armies positioned opposite each other (east and west), enters the scene as a decisive spiritual authority—setting up the subsequent episode in which he intervenes in response to the looming battle.