Origins and family
A trusted court servant, he often carried messages between the Kuru king and the Pandavas.


Mahabharata · Charioteer and divine narrator
Dhritarashtra's counsellor who received supernatural sight to narrate the Kurukshetra war.
Sanjaya is dhritarashtra's counsellor who received supernatural sight to narrate the Kurukshetra war. Charioteer and adviser of Dhritarashtra.
A trusted court servant, he often carried messages between the Kuru king and the Pandavas.
Vyasa granted him the ability to witness the distant battlefield in real time.
He narrated the Bhagavad Gita and the war's daily events to the blind Dhritarashtra.
After the war he accompanied the old king into retirement and survived the forest fire by departing on instruction.
A trusted court servant, he often carried messages between the Kuru king and the Pandavas.
Vyasa granted him the ability to witness the distant battlefield in real time.
He narrated the Bhagavad Gita and the war's daily events to the blind Dhritarashtra.
After the war he accompanied the old king into retirement and survived the forest fire by departing on instruction.
The witness bears the burden of seeing clearly what power refuses to prevent.