Sanjaya in the Bhagavad Gita

Sanjaya is the witness. Through him, the blind king Dhritarashtra hears the conversation he could not see. These are the verses he reports.

• 1.1The war begins in a question, not a sword strike.
• 1.5The battlefield is already full of power and named allies.
• 1.16The war begins to answer back in sound.
• 1.17Names and conches turn hesitation into commitment.
• 1.24The chariot is placed where choice becomes unavoidable.
• 1.47Grief can make even a warrior lay down his weapons.
• 2.1Grief opens the door for instruction.
• 2.9Refusal has stopped the war inside him.
• 11.10The divine form cannot be held inside one human image.
• 11.35Awe can break speech before it becomes prayer.
• 11.50A vision can shake you; compassion brings you back.
• 18.74A true dialogue can leave the listener shaken and changed.
• 18.75The deepest teaching is received, not invented.
• 18.76A sacred conversation keeps giving joy each time it is remembered.
• 18.77Remembering Krishna's vast form still overwhelms the mind with wonder.
• 18.78Right action carries its own victory.