The Mahabharata is a major poetry book of Hindus , which is a group of scriptures of Hinduism , which are of lower standard than Shruti and originated by humans. Sometimes just “go with the poetic texts of India,” said India ‘s unique religious, mythological, historical and philosophical treatises. It is one of the main texts of Hinduism. It is the longest literary book in the world, although it is considered one of the most unique works of literature , but even today it is an exemplary source for every Indian.
Hindu history story
This work is a saga of the history of Hindus. There are one lakh verses in the book of Mahabharata. Scholars have different opinions about the Mahabharata period, yet most scholars associate the Mahabharata period with the ‘Iron Age’. The ‘ Kuru dynasty ‘ mentioned in the Mahabharata is estimated to have been in power during 1200 to 800 BCE. Looking at the mythological belief, it is known that the period of Parikshit and Mahapadmananda , grandchildren of Arjuna , stop in 382 BC.
Epic writing
It is mentioned in the ‘Mahabharata’ that Ved Vyas had composed the Mahabharata in his mind by remembering the events of Mahabharata from the beginning to the end, in a sacred cave in the foothills of the Himalayas , engaged in penance and situated in meditation yoga. , But then a serious problem arose in front of them, how to spread the knowledge of this epic to the common people, because due to its complexity and length, it was very difficult task that someone could write it without any error, As they go on speaking. Hence Vyasa Lord Ganesha at the behest of Brahma Reached Ganesha agreed to write, but he placed a condition that once he lifted the pen, he would not stop in the middle until the poem ended. Vyasji knew that this condition can cause many difficulties.
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Therefore, he too placed a condition with his cleverness that Ganesha has to understand its meaning before writing any verse. Ganesh accepted this proposal. In this way Vyas would have intermittently created some hard shlokas. When Ganesha was considering his meaning, Vyasji would have created some new verses in the same time. In this way, the entire Mahabharata was written in an interval of three years.
Ved Vyasa first created the Adi Bharata Granth of one lakh verses, including anecdotes of humans. Subsequently, except ‘anecdotes,’ Bharat Samhita ‘was made of twenty-four thousand verses. After that Vyasji made a second code of sixty lakh shlokas, of which three million shlokas were merged in Devaloka, fifteen lakhs in Pitrilok and fourteen lakh shlokas in Gandharvaloka. In Manlok, one lakh shlokas, India became iconic. After completing the work of Mahabharata, Ved Vyasa first got his son Shukadeva to study this book.
Festival of Mahabharata
The original design of the Mahabharata has a specific sum of eighteen. The duration of the war between the Kaurava and Pandava sides was eighteen days. The combined strength of the armies of the two sides was also eighteen Akshauhini. The main initiators of this war were also eighteen. [3] In the management plan of Mahabharata, the entire book is divided into eighteen festivals and the ‘Srimad Bhagavadgita’ mentioned under ‘Bhishma Parva’ in Mahabharata also has eighteen chapters.
The entire Mahabharata is divided into eighteen festivals. The meaning of ‘festival’ is “knot or joint”. [4] This nomenclature of the division of Mahabharata is true due to the linking of the earlier story with the later story. These festivals are named after the important character or event of that story. There are also many other festivals in the main festivals. [5] These festivals have been reprinted in chapters. The shape of the festivals and chapters is uneven. Many festivals are very large and many festivals are very small. There are indefinite number of verses in the chapters. Some chapters have less than fifty verses and in some the number is more than two hundred. The names of the main eighteen festivals are as follows-
