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यदि त्विच्छसि संग्रामे द्रष्टुमेनं विशां पते । चक्षुर्ददानि ते हन्त युद्धमेतन्निशामय॥६-२-६॥
If you wish to see this battle, O lord of the people, I shall grant you sight; then observe this conflict.
english translation
धृतराष्ट्र उवाच । न रोचये ज्ञातिवधं द्रष्टुं ब्रह्मर्षिसत्तम । युद्धमेतत्त्वशेषेण शृणुयां तव तेजसा॥६-२-७॥
Dhṛtarāṣṭra said: O best of the brahmarṣis, I do not wish to behold the slaughter of my kinsmen. By your spiritual power, I would rather hear of this war in its entirety.
english translation
वैशंपायन उवाच । तस्मिन्ननिच्छति द्रष्टुं संग्रामं श्रोतुमिच्छति । वराणामीश्वरो दाता संजयाय वरं ददौ॥६-२-८॥
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Since he did not wish to see the battle but wished to hear it, the Lord, giver of boons, granted a boon to Sañjaya.
english translation
व्यास उवाच । एष ते संजयो राजन्युद्धमेतद्वदिष्यति । एतस्य सर्वं संग्रामे नपरोक्षं भविष्यति॥६-२-९॥
Vyāsa said: O King, this Sañjaya will describe this war to you. For him, everything in the battle will be not indirect, but as though directly perceived.
english translation
चक्षुषा संजयो राजन्दिव्येनैष समन्वितः । कथयिष्यति ते युद्धं सर्वज्ञश्च भविष्यति॥६-२-१०॥
O King, Sañjaya will be endowed with divine sight. He will recount the war to you and will know all its events.
english translation