Which character requested Sanjay blessed with Divyadrishti to explain the happenings at Kurukshetra?

Dhritarashtra asked that the boon Divya-Drishti to be given to Sanjaya, his charioteer. Sanjaya with the boon of Divya- Drishti described the day by day battle.

How did Sanjay see the battlefield of Kurukshetra?

He represents having a sense of awareness as he is able to witness all of the details occurring in the battle. Sanjaya was able to spot when “Arjuna dropped his bow and arrows, and sat down on the seat of the chariot, with his mind overwhelmed with sorrow” (Sharma 11).

Did Sanjay hear Geeta?

It wasn’t only Arjuna who acquired the knowledge of Bhagavad Gita from Krishna. Lord Hanuman, Sanjaya and Barbarik also listened to the entire narration.

Did Krishna give eyesight to Dhritarashtra?

After Krishna’s peace mission failed and the war seemed inevitable, Vyasa approached Dhritarashtra and offered to grant him a divine vision so that Dhritarashtra could see the war.

Who killed shakuni in the battle of Kurukshetra?

Sahadeva
After the Game of Dice episode in the Mahabharata, the youngest of the Pandava brothers Sahadeva had taken an oath to avenge Draupadi’s insult and had sworn to kill Shakuni, the mastermind of the episode. On the 18th day of the Mahabharata war, the Pandavas attacked Shakuni, Uluka and their army.

Who all have seen Krishna vishwaroop?

Lord Hanuman, Arjuna and the Narrator of Mahabharata Sanjay these were the only three people who saw Vishwaroopa. Arjuna and Sanjay were able to see Vishwaroopa because both were blessed with Divine Eyes. Sanjay was able to view the whole war sitting in Hastinapur.

Who gave Sanjay Divya Drishti?

Sanjay was given the Divya Drishti by sage Veda Vyasa. When all negotiation efforts had failed, war became inevitable, Dhritharaastra was upset and deeply saddened. Sensing this, sage Veda Vyasa appeared before the king Dhritharaastra and offered to give Divya Drishti to the king.

Who was Dhritarashtra in previous birth?

Dhritarashtra in his previous birth was a tyrant king, who one day saw a swan surrounded by hundred cygnets. He ordered to poke the eyes of the swan bird and kill all the hundred cygnets just for pleasure. Therefore, in next birth he was born blind and all his sons were killed in the war.

How did Sanjaya know what was happening in the Mahabharata?

He gave a blow-by-blow account of the war to Dhritarashta. The magical part of the Mahabharatam tells us that Sanjaya was given divine vision by Veda Vyasa and that is how he knew what was going on in the war even though he was always at Hastinapur (old delhi), with Dhritarashtra.

Who was Sanjaya in Kuruksetra?

Sanjaya was a charioteer and minister to King Dhrtarastra; narrator of the events at Kuruksetra. He was the son of Gavalgana and disciple of Veda Vyasa. He received his power to witness the events at the battle of Kurukshetra by the mystic potency of his guru Srila Vyasadeva.

Who won the Mahabharata war at Kurukshetra?

Finally, the Kauravas and the Pandavas gathered huge armies and fought against each other in the Great Mahabharata War known as the Kurukshetra War. Pandavas won the Mahabharata War at Kurukshetra.

Who is Sanjaya in the Bhagavad Gita?

Sanjaya is Dhritarashtra’s advisor and also his charioteer. Sanjaya— who has the gift of seeing events at a distance almost 80 KM of the length (divya-drishti), granted by the sage Vyasa —narrates to Dhritarshtra the action in the climactic battle of Kurukshetra, which includes the Bhagavad Gita.