Dhrtarashtra, the blind king, is a significant elder person in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Sanjaya heroically seeks to prevent the epic's climactic
battle by advising the king to better govern his son Duryodhana and to treat
his nephews the Pandavas, the five brothers who are the epic's heroes, more
evenly.
Finally, the king disregards Sanjaya's advise.
Sanjaya is well known for his "tele-vision" skill,
which allows him to see everything he thinks about.
The sage Vyasa bestows this talent on him so that he may
narrate the course of the conflict to Dhrtarashtra without having to be there.
Sanjaya Belatthiputa leaves to live in the forest with
Dhrtarashtra after the conflict, and it is he who notifies the Pandavas of the
blind king's death in a forest fire.
Early Indian agnostic philosopher, whose beliefs are
referred to in Buddhist texts.
Sanjaya is depicted in the scriptures as a proponent of deep
agnosticism in regards to the afterlife, the consequences of good and wicked
conduct, and just about every aspect of religious life.
