Sanjaya

Minister of the blind king Dhrtarashtra,
an important older figure in the Hindu
epic the Mahabharata. Sanjaya tries
valiantly to avert the war that is the epic’s
climax by counseling the king to better
control his son Duryodhana, and to deal
more equitably with his nephews the
Pandavas, the five brothers who are the
epic’s protagonists. In the end, the king
ignores Sanjaya’s advice. Sanjaya is most
famous for his ability to see anything he
thinks about (“tele-vision”). This power is
given to him as a gift from the sage Vyasa
so he can describe the progress of the war
to Dhrtarashtra without actually having to
be there. After the war, Sanjaya goes to live
in the forest with Dhrtarashtra, and it is he
who informs the Pandavas about the blind
king’s death in a forest fire.