The Mahabharata “Adi Parva” & “Bishma Parva Ved Vyasa

The Mahabharata

“Adi Parva” & “Bishma Parva

Ved Vyasa

The Author of Mahabharata

            Though Maharshi Vyasa is called the real composer of the Mahabharata, yet is it is beyond doubt the word ‘compositor’ ahs been used in a very special form. The full name of Maharshi Vyasa was Shri Krishna Dvaipayana Veda Vyasa.

            The author of this great epic has succeed in elaborating the lighter and religious values through his art.

            Maharshi Parashar was the father of Vyasa and Satyavati, his mother. The same Satyavati, the grand-mother of the Kauravas and the Pandavas and being married to the King Shantanu become the early age mother of Chitrangada and Vichitravirya. Both the son expired in the early age leaving their wife behind. Both the childless widows gave birth to Dhritarashtra and Pandu respectively by adopting the ancient Aryan Nioyan system with Vyasa

            The Himalayas  were the land of penance for Maharshi Vyasa. The Ashram of Vyasa at Bardi was well established. Thousands of the people visit frequently Badri today also for getting mental peace. Vyasa was the principal Guru of this Ashram, where the teaching of the Vedas and Vedic literature was imparted to his disciples,. But the working place of Vyasa, in general can be said to be the whole of India.

           

            Especially the Pandavas were impressed by the teaching of Vyasa. Vyasa stood by the Pandavas in their ups and downs.