Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Sanjaya

सञ्जय · sañjaya

Charioteer and adviser to King Dhritarashtra; narrator of the Gita

Every word of the Gita reaches us through his voice.

Sanjaya serves the blind king Dhritarashtra as charioteer and trusted adviser. Before the war the sage Vyasa offered the king sight so that he could watch the battle. The king refused, so Vyasa gave Sanjaya a divine vision instead: he would see and hear everything on the field, even the thoughts of the warriors. The Gita is what Sanjaya reports to the king. He speaks its second verse and its last.