[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c9.1140 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.1140 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.1140 - **Language:** English ### [c9.1140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1140) (i) Sañjaya stood as the host in the Rājasūya sacrifice of Yudhiṣṭhira, and received the guests and showed them hospitality. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 35, Verse 6). (ii) When the Pāṇḍavas were defeated in the game of dice and were sent to the forest came to Dhṛtarāṣṭra and reviled him. (Sabhā Parva, Chapter 81, Verse 5). (iii) Vidura got angry because the Pāṇḍavas were sent to live in the forest, and leaving the Kauravas he also went to the forest. Knowing that Vidura was in the Kāmyaka forest, Dhṛtarāṣṭra sent Sañjaya and brought Vidura back. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 6, Verse 5). (iv) Śrī Kṛṣṇa and the others vowed at the Kāmyakavana to kill Duryodhana. Sañjaya gave Dhṛtarāṣṭra a detailed description of that Vow. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 51, Verse 15). (v) Dhṛtarāṣṭra sent Sañjaya to learn about the welfare of the Pāṇḍavas who had returned after completing the forest life and Pseudonymity. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 23, Verse 1). (vi) Sañjaya went to the court of the Pāṇḍavas and gave the message of Dhṛtarāṣṭra to them. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 25). (vii) Sañjaya who had returned from the court of the Pāṇḍavas, informed Dhṛtarāṣṭra of the news and reproached him much. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 32, Verse 11). (viii) Sañjaya repeated the message of Arjuna in the court of the Kauravas. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 48). (ix) Sañjaya told Dhṛtarāṣṭra, who the prominent helpers of Yudhiṣṭhira, were. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 50). (x) Sañjaya advised Duryodhana to put Duryodhana under control. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 54). (xi) Sañjaya gave Duryodhana a description of the horses and the chariots of the Pāṇḍavas. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 56, Verse 7). (xii) Sañjaya repeated the message of Arjuna to Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 66). (xiii) Sañjaya described to Dhṛtarāṣṭra the greatness of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapters 68-70). (xiv) Sañjaya told Dhṛtarāṣṭra the fact that the Pāṇḍavas and the Kauravas had pitched their tents in the battlefield of Kurukṣetra. (M.B. Udyoga Parva, Chapter 159, Verse 8). (xv) At this time Vyāsa came there and gave Sañjaya the boon that he would see directly every thing that took place in the battlefield and would inform Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva, Chapter 2, Verse 10). (xvi) Sañjaya informed Dhṛtarāṣṭra of the good qualities of the earth, the island of Sudarśana, the death of Bhīṣma, and so on. (M.B. Bhīṣma Parva; Droṇa Parva). (xvii) Sañjaya gave the names of every one who was killed on the side of the Kauravas. (M.B. Karṇa Parva, Chapter 5). (xviii) Sañjaya reported to Dhṛtarāṣṭra about those who died on the side of the Pāṇḍavas also. (Karṇa, Parva, Chapter 6). - [Previous: c9.1139](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1139) - [Next: c9.1141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1141) - [Up: c9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1140](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c9.1140) · Pramāṇa