Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 - Lesson 5 of 14

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MAHABHARAT

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THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF MAHABHARAT

If the Mahābhārāt was a story and not history, Vyāsa should receive multiple Pulitzer prizes for his highly creative work! The Mahābhārāt is the longest literary work in the whole world with hundred thousand Saṃskṛt verses—the longest poem ever written with such delicate harmony of unmatched poetic perfection. It is larger than the Greek epics. Vyāsa had no computer, no tape recorder with speech-to-text capabilities. He dictated and Bhagavān Gaṇeśa wrote it down!

A depiction of a divine youth wearing a turban, sitting on a silver throne.

A portrait of a young man with traditional attire