Senses tell you half truth,Sanjay shows it as it is
Sanjay was the adviser and charioteer of Dhritrashtra. He was a son of one lesser known person Gavalgan and a disciple of Ved Vyas. He was gifted with a vision to see distant events as they happened. Sanjay gave a live commentary of the Mahabharat battle to Dhritrashtra. Whenever he got the time, he would comment on the folly of Duryodhan and being loyal to his master Dhritrashtra, he would console him as and when the Kauravas were killed by the Pandavas. In fact, Sanjay gave the commentary for 18 days. He finds a respectful mention for his objective audio-visual narration of the Gita as Krishna spoke to Arjuna. He himself enjoyed the discourse and gave his valuable observations and explanations in between. Out of 700 Gita shlokas, 40 were spoken by Sanjay, 1 was by Dhritrashtra, 84 were by Arjuna and 575 by Krishna Himself.
Real import: But, this is history. Sanjay in Sanskrit means extra sensory perception. Buddhi ( intellect ) in Sanskrit means an instrument of perception. In normal human beings this perception is conditioned by the senses-enabled memory. However, in a perfect yogi, it is 100% reality vision. This is the quality of a fully disciplined intellect. We all have this quality in varying degrees. However, in the case of a perfect yogi, the vision is fully developed. He can transcend the human sensory dimensions and see things as if they were happening right in front of him. In the Mahabharat, this ability has been described as divya drishti (divine vision). However, its near exact English translation will be “lightning fast perception.” Now what is the quality of lightning fast perception? When the mind tunes itself to the “sam” or the lowest frequency, it turns into a screen reflecting the events under focus as they happen. Sam is the vibrational note from where all notes and pitches arise and fall (Gavalgan means only that). गव् relates to the G frequency sound and गान to constancy of the same--son means, anything produced in effect. What is produced in effect is सम = सकार: यदा मकारे प्रविष्यति समं तदा भविष्यति --when स vibration in music enters म vibration of dissolution, the basic and all powerful सम vibration is produced. We can say sam is the basic vibration wherein all the vibrations dissolve. When the mind is tuned to the sam, all the sensory wavelets just dissolve into it. We can say this vibration wins all other vibrations. This event is called jaya (victory) in Sanskrit. Therefore, sam + jaya means the mind which has won all variations. In this state, the yogi sees everything like a cinema. However, this is only possible when your mind is not disturbed by the sensory inputs. In fact, the state is rightly described in Sanskrit as jitaatmanah —the one who has conquered his sensory mind. Krishna talks about the state of Divya Drishti and jitaatmanah in the Gita, in chapters 11 and 2 respectively. He defines the preparatory state of 100% extra sensory perception in the chapter 2 shlok 70. In chapter 11, he tells chitta (Arjuna) that he could have the vision of His infinite form only when he is tuned to the Divya Drishti state—when all the senses are working at an infinite pace, pouring in information lightning fast but aren’t disturbing the mind. Krishna lifts Arjuna (chitta) to this dimension. Let me bust the myth, the state in no way means the third eye, intuition or any such limited faculty. But, yes the Sanjay state is the highest state—the state of all-inclusive objectivity. I can’t make it simpler than this. Certain things are a matter of direct experience. In such cases, all academic inputs are just preparatory efforts.
Example: You see dreams. Dreams are nothing but senses-enabled formations of the memory. But, sometimes you must have noticed, you see something and later notice it happen exactly the same way you saw. This is called extra sensory perception. However, the modern para pyschology and science treat it in the limited realm of extraordinary experience. It is like you see the sun for the first time. You describe it to the others. But, they form their own pictures by reassembling bits from their memory. They only end up seeing the same fact differently. Yours is a direct perception and theirs a memory perception—since they depend on the memory inputs triggered by your description of the sun. Isn’t it? Therefore, all human beings are living in the state of indirect perception. Remember! Direct perception is as possible as it was for Sanjay, provided we fulfil those conditions. As long as we have memory conditioning, we cannot rise to the extra sensory level. Krishna declares it boldly in chapter 2 shlokas 45 and 52. But, unfortunately, we have not paid attention to it. Who is a direct perceiver? Krishna says when you reach the state of nirdwandwa (doubtlessness ), you become an atmawaan (direct perceiver). How is atmawaan a direct perceiver? The one who sees all the multiplicites as his own extension is called an atmawaan. The hand is the extension of my own body. I see it clearly here and now. Likewise, the entire universe is an extension of the direct perceiver and hence he sees it directly here and now. When do you reach this state? Krishna says it in the shloka 52 of chapter 2. Yada te mohakalilam budhirvyatitarishyati tada gantaasi nirvedam shrtovasya shrutasay cha . The moment your intellect crosses the cacophonous currents of sensory inputs (mohakalilam), it will reach beyond the state of what is to be known (nirvedam) . Nir means beyond and vedam means what is to be known—. That means you will not know then. What will you do here? Perceive as things are. Therefore, if you want Sanjay to show you the future reality in the present then keep your mind cool and intellect beyond the sensory influence.
Takeaway: Sensory inputs never tell you the truth. But, a Sanjay can, because he is not conditioned by the sensory influence. Believe you me, senses give you the half truth. But, Sanjay shows you the whole truth as it is. Even the blind Dhritrashtra knew it and chose Sanjay to see the reality. No doubt it proved to be painful for him!
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Vivek Sharma