Saturday, January 5, 2013

Vyasa Dictates; Ganesha writes Mahabharata




Sham S. Misri

The Mahabharata is a great epic. It is one of the greatest epics in the world.  Vyasa is the author. He was a great one who has realized God and a Maharishi. The Mahabharata War was fought between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. Vyasa had seen the Pandavas and the Kauravas from the time of their grandfather and he had helped that clan very often. He knew all about the Mahabharata War.

Vyasa was thinking of dictating the epic, the Mahabharata, to some one. But he wanted someone capable of writing fast and without mistakes. Brahma decided that Ganesha was the only person equal to this great task. He sent Ganesha. He came to Vyasa and said, "Bhagavan, I will take down the story of the Mahabharata.” Vyasa said, "My dear Ganesha, I shall dictate the poem quite fast. Can you take down without any mistakes? Ganesha threw a challenge in return: "Bhagavan, I shall write as fast as you dictate and that, correctly. But once you start dictating you should not stop till you complete it. Do you agree?" Vyasa Maharishi accepted the challenge.

After they had come to this agreement, Vyasa went on dictating the story and Ganesha wrote down what he said. So the world got the great epic.

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