Mantralaya-2059

(The sacred gift of Divya Drishti in Mahabharata)

Date : Sep 11, 2025

Dear Devotees : Namaskara.

| Sri MannMoolaRamastu Mannmathe Moolamahasamsthhaana Mantralaya Sri Rayaramathe||
|| OM SRI RAGHAVENDRAAYA NAMAHA||

Background

The sacred gift of Divya Drishti in Mahabharata is described in Mantralaya (2059).

Meaning

In Mantralaya (2057), we witnessed the profound blend of spirituality and technology in the art of warfare. In Mantralaya (2058), we beheld an equally astonishing union of human biology and divine science, where technology intertwined with spirituality to nurture life beyond the mother’s womb. In this article, we now turn to yet another radiant jewel of the Mahabharata, the sublime concept of Divya Drishti, the divine vision that transcends ordinary perception.

In the Mahabharata we encounter this supreme form of perception, known as Divya Drishti.

What is Divya Drishti and why should you believe in it? It is not a myth or a fairy tale. It is a profound reality recorded in the Mahabharata. This article is written to guide those who genuinely seek truth. It also addresses those who dismiss Divya Drishti without understanding. Here you will see how science and spirituality come together to reveal its depth.

Divya Drishti is not a faculty of the physical eye but a gift of the divine that reveals layers of truth hidden from ordinary sight. It was given to Sanjaya by the great sage Sri Veda Vyasaru so that Sanjaya could narrate the Kurukshetra war to the blind king Dhritarashtra. Sanjaya was not merely describing shapes and movements with this vision, he could feel the very emotions of the warriors, the courage, the fear, the hesitation and the unshakable resolve that filled the battlefield. Divya Drishti is thus not only sight but also insight. It touches the realm of the heart and reveals the truth behind appearances.

The greatest revelation of Divya Drishti appears in the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. When Arjuna, weighed down by doubt and despair, turned to Lord Sri Krishna for guidance, the Lord Sri Krishna did not confine His response to words alone. Instead, Sri Krishna bestowed upon Arjuna the divine vision needed to behold the Virata Rupa, the universal cosmic form. What unfolded before Arjuna’s eyes was far beyond the reach of human perception. Within Sri Krishna’s being he beheld countless worlds, innumerable beings and infinite forms radiating in all directions. Arjuna saw unending faces, boundless weapons, celestial ornaments shining with unimaginable brilliance and rays of divine light spreading across the cosmos. Arjuna witnessed the gods themselves bowing in reverence, the forces of creation and destruction entwined in their eternal dance and the unstoppable flow of time devouring the warriors of both armies, as if all were drawn into the blazing mouths of the Lord Sri Krishna. This vision was not just majestic, it was the unveiling of the infinite reality itself. According to Sri Madhwacharyaru, the Vishwarupa is a divine manifestation produced by Sri Krishna’s internal potency, a temporary form shown to Arjuna out of mercy.The cosmic features are meant to convey His Lordship and infinite power. All the manifold sights are contained in one Supreme Being, endowed with eternal being, consciousness and bliss.

Arjuna reacts with awe and humility, trembling, his hair standing on end, bowing his head in prayer and folding his hands in reverence. From Sri MadhwaCharyaru’s perspective, this marks Arjuna’s elevation from disciple to true devotee. Confronted by such majesty, his fear transforms into reverence. Arjuna addresses Sri Krishna as the Lord of gods and pleads for mercy. His inner turmoil is replaced by faith and he understands that even killing his kin is part of God’s ordained order. Through this Divya Drishti vision, Arjuna attains direct intuitive knowledge of Sri Krishna’s supremacy. His confusion and sorrow transform into confidence and devotion. He sees that all distinctions are subsumed in Sri Vishnu and he becomes fully surrendered to the Lord’s will. The cosmic form changes him spiritually, turning fear into love and doubt into unwavering devotion, making him an ideal devotee worthy of the highest understanding of dharma and divine purpose.

When someone asks, how can we believe Divya Drishti , the answer lies in returning to the very basics and understanding the foundation from which such truths emerge.

Humans live under the illusion that whatever they see with their eyes is the whole truth. In reality, what we perceive is only a fraction of existence.Human vision is a marvel of creation, yet it is only a limited window into the vastness of reality. The eyes can perceive light in the range between violet and red, a narrow band of what is called the visible spectrum. Within this range our retina, with millions of rods and cones, allows us to distinguish subtle shades and colors and to enjoy the beauty of the world around us. We can see landscapes, expressions and movements with remarkable clarity but beyond this spectrum lies an infinite expanse of light and energy that remains hidden from human sight. Our vision is bound by nature’s design, meant to give us enough to survive and appreciate life but never the fullness of truth.

When we look at the animal kingdom, we begin to understand how limited the human eye truly is.Human beings can see light only between about 380 and 750 nanometers. We are able to perceive around ten million colors and our field of view stretches to about 210 degrees.

The eagle has vision that is four to five times sharper than that of a human being. It can spot a small creature on the ground from several kilometers away.The mantis shrimp has sixteen types of receptors compared to the three found in humans. It can detect ultraviolet light, polarized light and colors that we cannot even imagine.Snakes such as vipers and pythons possess heat sensing organs that allow them to see infrared radiation. They can perceive the warmth of prey even in complete darkness.Bees can see ultraviolet patterns on flowers that are invisible to us. These patterns guide bees directly to nectar while we see only simple petals.Cats and owls have night vision six to eight times better than humans. They can clearly see in conditions that appear as shadows to us.

Each of these examples shows that what we call reality is not one fixed picture. Reality is far broader than what the human eye can perceive and each species sees a different slice of truth. If such variety exists within the natural world, how much greater must be the vision that comes through divine grace.

Diya Drishti therefore reveals not only what is hidden from physical eyes but also the essence, the emotion and the divine plan behind all events. Just as the eagle’s vision surpasses ours and the mantis shrimp perceives colors beyond our imagination, Diya Drishti extends to the very fabric of existence. It is vision that pierces through time and space, through matter,mind and into the heart of reality itself. Human eyes give us a glimpse of the external world, animal eyes remind us of how much more exists beyond our awareness and divine eyes reveal the ultimate truth where past, present and future are one.

In understanding this, one can see why the Mahabharata presents Diya Drishti as so powerful. It is not simply a miraculous ability but a symbol of the highest perception, the sight that comes not from the body but from the soul aligned with the divine. Where ordinary vision shows appearances, Diya Drishti reveals truth. It reminds us that while our senses give us fragments of reality, the complete vision lies only in the light of the divine.

To truly grasp the concept of Divya Drishti, it is important to first consider the scope of our present day technology, which, despite its advancements, remains nowhere near the depth and power of this divine vision.

Today, realtime remote observation technologies such as satellite imagery, drones and live streaming cameras allow us to monitor distant places with remarkable precision. Military drones like the MQ-9 Reaper can transmit high definition video from thousands of miles away and advanced satellites such as WorldView-3 can capture images with resolutions as fine as 30 centimeters per pixel, providing near-global coverage. Yet all these systems depend on physical infrastructure such as sensors, satellites and networks and remain constrained by factors like line-of-sight, weather conditions and signal latency. In stark contrast, Sanjaya’s Divya Drishti required no devices, faced no delays and had no limits of range, granting him instantaneous vision of the entire Kurukshetra battlefield with flawless clarity. Most profoundly, Sanjaya could perceive not just sights and sounds but also the emotions, intentions and inner states of the warriors, something utterly beyond the reach of any modern technology.

Sanjaya’s vision was omniscient. He could witness many events at the same time. He saw even the smallest details, like the expressions on warriors’ faces and the conversations happening in the midst of battle. This revealed a godlike, multidimensional awareness. Modern parallels like AI-driven data fusion that integrates video, audio and sensor inputs or virtual reality reconstructions attempt something similar but fall far short. Even the most advanced systems such as DARPA’s real-time battlefield mapping cannot hope to capture every nuance of a chaotic war zone, let alone penetrate the inner realm of thoughts and emotions and all this still depends on the presence of predeployed sensors.

Divya Drishti did not rely on physical instruments but was a spiritually bestowed faculty, perhaps drawing upon a universal consciousness or a cosmic field of knowledge similar to the Vedic concept of akasha, the subtle record of all events. Modern neuroscience has experimented with remote viewing, such as the CIA’s Stargate Project conducted between the 1970s and 1990s, yet the results were inconsistent and fell far short of the clarity and depth of Sanjaya’s vision. Emerging technologies like brain-computer interfaces or neural implants, including projects like Neuralink, attempt to expand human perception but they remain confined to processing pre-existing data streams and cannot reach distant realities without technological mediation.

Sanjaya’s ability to narrate not only the visible events of the battlefield but also the underlying motivations and ethical struggles, such as Arjuna’s deep moral crisis, points to a dimension of perception that was clairvoyant or even telepathic in nature. Modern technology, even with progress in fields like EEG-based emotion detection or AI-driven sentiment analysis, cannot remotely access subjective inner experiences. Theories that speculate on phenomena such as quantum entanglement or non-local consciousness, sometimes explored in fringe physics, remain unproven and are still far from any practical application.

The Mahabharata describes Divya Drishti as a divine gift, awakened through deep yogic discipline and meditative mastery, rooted in the Vedic understanding of heightened consciousness known as siddhis. Such vision is not attained by effort alone, it manifests only through the complete grace and blessing of Sri Hari. Modern fields like neurotheology and consciousness studies show glimpses of how meditation can alter brain waves and expand awareness, reminding us that human potential is still vastly untapped. Yet even with these advances, we remain centuries away from approaching the sacred and spiritually infused perception that Divya Drishti embodies.

Science would first need to validate and harness the idea of non-local consciousness. Current explorations in areas like quantum biology or psi phenomena, including studies on telepathy, remain on the fringes of research and have produced results that are largely inconclusive. To bridge this gap, a unified theory of consciousness that weaves together quantum mechanics and spirituality would be required, a pursuit that may well take centuries before it reaches clarity or practical realization.

Divya Drishti is not ordinary eyesight but a sacred vision that arises only through the grace, purity, and blessings of Sri Hari. It is a vision that goes beyond outer appearances and penetrates into the heart of truth, destiny, and dharma itself. Such perception awakens through tapasya, meditation, surrender, and divine blessing. Modern technology may extend human sight with infrared lenses, ultraviolet sensors, and AI-driven systems, yet these remain lifeless tools that can only gather data. Machines can analyze patterns, but they have no awareness, no intuition and no ability to feel. Divya Drishti is the union of divine power and inner purity, the true opening of the spiritual eye. It is the highest vision where matter, mind, and time dissolve into the eternal light of God.

The Mahabharata and the Bhagavad Gita proclaim a truth that stands unshaken through time. In the vast universe of Sri Hari, we are nothing more than the tiniest speck. Yet in our ignorance and pride, we fool ourselves into thinking we hold control.To dismiss these scriptures as mere stories is not wisdom but sheer ignorance. When we compare their revelations with modern technology, their brilliance shines even brighter, for they show us that the union of science and spirituality was already perfected in those ancient times. Nothing humanity builds today is truly new, we are only rediscovering scattered fragments of a wisdom that once existed in completeness. What truly matters is not machines or inventions, but the awakening of the spirit through the grace of Sri Hari. Only His blessing can lift the veil of illusion and awaken the inner eye, guiding us with unwavering certainty on the eternal path of dharma.

The devotion towards Sri Raghavendrateertharu is the ultimate truth and is the most simple and effective way to reach Sri Hari  - "NAMBI KETTAVARILLAVO EE GURUGALA"! “Those who have complete faith in this Guru will never be disappointed.”

   || BICHALI JAPADAKATTI SRI APPANACHARYA PRIYA MANTRALAYA
   SRI RAGHAVENDRATEERTHA GURUBHYO NAMAHA||