Jain Journal 2010 07

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 50

JAIN JOURNAL: VOL-XLV, NO. I-IV JULY-JUNE 10-11
asmistoyahrade guptam jivantam bhịśavikșatam.
In the 55th to 58th śloka of chapter 29 of Salyaparva is narrated that Sanjaya told Dhstarāştra that after Duryodhana's entry in the pond he found Kępācārya, Aswatthāmā and Krtavarma near him. On seeing Sanjaya they said, it is your good luck that you are alive. They then asked me about your son Duryodhana. I told them about Duryodhana and his message. They took me on the chariot of Kępācārya and dropped me at the cantonement.
tasmin hradam praviste tu trin rathān śrāntavāhanan, apaśyam sahitān ekastam deśam smupeyuşaḥ. krpam śārdvatam vīram droņim ca rathinam varam, Bhojam ca křtavarmāņam sahitānsara avikšatān. te sarve mām abhiprekşya tūrņam aśvānanodayan, upāyāya tu mamūcur distyā jīvasi Sanjaya.
There are several narrations to prove that Sanjaya was actually fighting in the battlefield and was not sitting with Dhstarāșțra. A few of them have been quoted above. All the events describe the events of the past tense and not of the present tense. A person fighting in the battlefield cannot be present in the company of Dhstarāşțra as well. It is also clear that he was captured alive and let off when the war was almost over, the maximum he can be called a war reporter.
What was the divine vision? We find the quality of Sanjaya of reading the minds of others. In some narrations he says that he can hear the words of devarșies and gods. We can call it yogic achievement, in the words of Sanjaya himself.
pratyakşam yan mayā dịșțam drașțam yogabalen ca.
After going through the detailed accounts narrate in the Mahābhārata with an impartial eye one comes to the conclusion that there was no divine vision with Sanjaya.