The Story!
After explaining the importance of the Parva's of Mahabharata in a beautifully elaborative way , Ugra-shrava started to narrate the Great History to Maharushi Shounak and others! हर्षस्थान सहस्र्ताणि भयस्थान शतानि च।. दिवसे दिवसे मुदम् आविष्यन्ति न पण्डितम्।। A Ignorant person experiences hundreds of moment's of happiness and thousands that of sadness and fear everyday! But a knowledgeable one is neither affected by both thus keeping his/her mind stable and calm both in moments of joy as well as of fear! Ugra-shrava said "A long time ago, Maharushi Vedvyas with permission of his mother Satyavati and Gangaputra (son of river Ganges) Bhishma, granted a boon to Vichitravirya's three wife's for having son's and thus the great Kuru's ( Kauravas) Dhritarashtra , Pandu and Vidhur were born blessed with appearance that of glowing fire! After granting the boon Maharushi Vedvyas returned to his abode. And when these three grew in age and strength , Maharushi Vedvyas started to narrate this great Epic on earth. After questioning done by King Janmejaya and several other Brahmins and other people , Vedvyas gave permission to his student Vaishmapayan to narrate this great story to them." Further Ugra-shrava says "In this Mahabharata, Vedvyas has explained the family tree of Kauravas, Queen Gandhari's Dharmasheelta ( following of Dharma towards her husband) , Vidhur's incredible sense of administration of the kingdom and Kunti's patience and resilience. Lord Krushna's "कृष्ण" (yes it's actually krushna, and not Krishna ( क्रिष्ना) , as Krushna in Sanskrit means dark coloured) knowledge of enlightenment, Dharma of Pandavas, Dhritarashtra's son's Duryodhana and other's Adharma has been clearly mentioned by Vedvyas. Originally this Grantham of 1 lakh shlokas is known as "Adya Bharat" that is Mahabharata. Vedvyas first taught his son Shukdev this great history. Originally Vedvyas wrote 24,000 shlokas and named it "Bharat" and then sectioned it and wrote more 150 shlokas. After teaching this to Shukdev, Vedvyas taught it to other intellectuals and wrote another Grantham of 60 lakh shlokas ,out of which 30 lakh shlokas are learned by God's residing in heaven, 15 lakh shlokas in Pitruloka (in which the souls with mixed good and bad deeds exist as an intermediate between good and bad), 14 lakh shlokas in Gandharva loka ( the residing place of celestial beings) and 1 lakh shlokas are recited in Manushya Loka ( abode of human beings), Dev Rushi (God sage) Narada has taught Mahabharata in heaven to God's and Asit Deval has taught it in Pitruloka. Shukdev has taught it to Gandharva's , Rakshasa's and Yaksha's but on Earth this great history was taught by Vaishmapayan student of Maharushi Vedvyas who had excellent knowledge of Scriptures and Veda's. Thus I will narrate to you this Mahabharata of 1 lakh shlokas taught by Vaishmapayan and written by Vedvyas!" said Ugra-shrava. " Duryodhana is a big tree of anger and rage , Karna it's trunk , Shakuni it's branches and Dushasan it's flowers and fruits. Ignorant king Dhritarashtra is its root. King Yudishtir is a big tree of Dharma , Arjun it's trunk, Bheem it's branches, Nakul-Sahadev it's flowers and fruits. Shri Krushna , Vedas and Brahma it's root." Story of King Pandu. King Pandu with his bravery and wits had conquered many lands and because of his hunting habit, he used to stay in jungle with sages in small huts in disguise. One day he accidentally killed a sage who was cursed to animal form in time of his mating. But before dying he cursed King Pandu that he would die if he tried to mate with his wife or any other women. Even after so , Pandavas were born in that same jungle and we're brought up by sages who taught them about good deeds and character. Even though King Pandu had been cursed , the secret of having children was that his wife Kunti and Madri had a boon given by sage Durvasa that gods - Dharma , Vayu , Indra , and both Ashiwinikumars would grant them a son each. Thus Yudishtir , Bheem , Arjun and Nakul-Sahadev were born respectively. Loving wife Kunti first learned from her husband the values of Dharma and then used the boon to call upon the gods to grant her a son , she called upon Dharma , Vayu and Indra respectively. As instructed Madri called upon the twin god Ashiwinikumars to grant her a son. Thus the five Pandavas were born. As they were growing in age and strength the Pandavas learned the Vedas and Scriptures from sages in jungle. After a brief time after birth of Pandavas , King Pandu died. #next blog- entry of Pandavas in kingdom of Dhritarashtra after his brother Pandu's death. And introduction of important events in Mahabharata.
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