Who Wrote Mahabharatam?

Pastimes of Ganesh Chaturthi no. 10


Sage Vyasa was meditating in the Himalayas, where Lord Brahma appeared before him and asked him to write Mahabharatham for the benefit of all. Sage Vyasa said he could not do both composing verse and writing it down, and thus requested the assistance of someone wise, who writes as he sang. Brahma then asked sage Vyasa to pray to Lord Ganesha for help.

Ganesha told Vyasa that he had enormous work to do and so he would write, if Vyasa was quick in singing verse. For Sage Vyasa requested that Ganesha should understand the meaning of this verse, and only then put it into writing.

Then Vyasa began singing. Whenever he felt Ganesha was writing too fast for him, he would come with a difficult verse, so by the time Ganesha could decipher the meaning, he would have composed several other verses in his mind.

In this way,Vyasa completed the Bharatham which consists of 60 lakhs grantha. This comprises of the Kandapuranam, Ramayanam, Savithri Puranam, Nala Puranam and so on. The Lord Ganesha wrote on Mount Meru using his tusk.

Among these 60 lakh Granthas, 30 lakhs are supposed to be in Deva Lok, 15 lakhs in Yatcha Lok and 14 lakhs in Asura Lok. Remaining 1 lakh Granthams is supposed to be on earth. Sage Vyasa is supposed to have
sung 8,800 Granthas, which were difficult to decipher for Ganesha.

He has himself stated that Ganesha, Sage Vyasa himself and his Sugan may be the only ones who know the meaning of those 8,800 granthams.The Mahabharatam is considered the fifth Veda.

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