 Maha
Bharatham
Maha rishi
Veda Vyaasar saw the entire Mahaa Bharatham through his inner vision.
He wanted to preserve it for the welfare of the future generations.
Lord Brahma advised him to ask Lord Ganesha to write it down as he composed
the verses. Lord Ganesha is said to have used his tusk to write the
Maha Bharatham on the Himalayas.
It comprises
of 18 parvas (parvam) - Adi parvam, Sabha parvam, Vana parvam, Virata parvam,
Udyoga parvam, Bhishma parvam, Drona parvam, Karna parvam, Shalya parvam,
Sauptika parvam, Stri parvam, Shanti parvam, Anushasana parvam, Asvamedhika
parvam, Ashramavasika parvam, Mausala parvam, Mahaprasthanika parvam,
Swargarohana parvam.
Harivamsa
parvam dealing with the life of Lord Krishna is not covered in the 18 parvams
of Mahabharatham.
These 18 parvams
contain 98 sub parvams of 2,382 chapters. There are a total of 96,635
slokas that are available now. Vyasar is said to have composed 60
lakh shlokams.
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