The story of MAHABHARATAIT is not an exaggeration to say. It may be claimed that the former play an even more. In the moving history of our. Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In most Indian. homes, children formerly learnt these immortal stories as they learnt their. And the sweetness and sorrows of Sita and. Draupadi, the heroic fortitude of Rama and Arjuna and the loving fidelity of. Online Film Application. Toggle navigation. Home; About Us. Vision & Mission. Organisation.Search the world's information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what you're looking for. Download Free Mp3 Songs of Indian Movies Latest Bollywood Mp3 Songs Tamil Pakistani And New Punjabi Mp3 Songs. Unity is Strength; Chandrashekhar Azad, young freedom fighter; Greatest Devotee; Mahishaasura Mardhini; Parvathi Kalyana. Get the latest entertainment news, celebrity gossips, TV shows, trailers release, movies review's from Bollywood, Hollywood, Kollywood, Tollywood, Sandalwood film. ![]() Lakshmana and Hanuman became the stuff of their young philosophy of life. The growing complexity of life. Still, there are few in our. Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Though the stories come. Kalakshepam (devotional. Vyasa or Valmiki. And it is my cherished belief that to hear it. It. strengthens the soul and drives home, as nothing else does, the vanity of. The realities of life are. But the highest literature. The Mahabharata is of this class. It. belongs to the world and not only to India. To the people of India, indeed. But generations of gifted reciters have added to Vyasa's. All the floating literature that was thought. It is difficult to find anywhere such vivid. Bhishma, the perfect knight; the venerable. Drona; the vain but chivalrous Karna; Duryodhana, whose perverse pride is. Pandavas with godlike. Draupadi, most unfortunate of queens. Kunti, the worthy mother of heroes; Gandhari, the devoted wife and sad mother. Dhritarashtra, these are some of the immortal figures on. Then there is great Krishna. His high purposefulness pervades the whole epic. The adherence was generally voluntary. The assumption of. The emperor was only first among his. The art of war was highly. We read in. the Mahabharata of standardised phalanxes and of various tactical movements. The advent of the Kali age is marked by many breaches. Kurukshetra battle, on account of the bitterness of. Some of the most impressive passages in. The population lived in cities. The cities were the headquarters of kings and their household and. There were beautiful palaces and gardens and the lives led were cultured. There was trade in the cities, but the mass of the people were. Besides this urban and rural. These ashramas kept alive the bright. Young men of noble birth eagerly. World- weary aged went there for peace. The caste system. Some of the greatest. Mahabharata were brahmanas. How did it fulfil, how is it. By its gospel of dharma, which like. By its. lesson that hatred breeds hatred, that covetousness and violence lead. Ganapati, the Scribe. BHAGAVAN VYASA, the celebrated. Vedas, was the son of the great sage Parasara. It was he who. gave to the world the divine epic of the Mahabharata. Having conceived the Mahabharata. He meditated. on Brahma, the Creator, who manifested himself before him. Vyasa saluted him. The sage Vyasa meditated on Ganapati who. Vyasa received him with due respect and sought his aid. I shall do as you wish. But my pen must not stop while I am writing. So you. must dictate without pause or hesitation. I can only write on this. Then the sage began to sing the story of the Mahabharata. He would. occasionally compose some complex stanzas which would make Ganapati pause a. Vyasa would avail himself of this interval to compose. Thus the Mahabharata came to be written by Ganapati. Vyasa. It was before the days of. Later, he. expounded it to many other disciples. Were it not so, the book might have been. Tradition has it that Narada told. Mahabharata to the devas while Suka taught it to the. Gandharvas, the Rakshasas and the Yakshas. It is well known that the virtuous. Vaisampayana, one of the chief disciples of Vyasa, revealed the. Janamejaya, the son of the great. King Parikshit, conducted a great sacrifice in the course of which Vaisampayana. Afterwards, this story, as. Vaisampayana, was recited by Suta in the forest of Naimisa to an. Rishi Saunaka. Suta addressed the assembly. I should like to. Afterwards, I made. I have now. come here to meet you all. The latter had two sons, Dhritarashtra and Pandu. The elder of. the two being born blind, Pandu, the younger brother, ascended the throne. In. the course of his reign, Pandu committed a certain offence and had to resort to. During their stay in the forest. Pandu, Kunti and Madri gave birth to five sons who became well. Pandavas. Pandu passed away while they were still living in. The sages brought up the five Pandavas during their early years. When Yudhishthira, the eldest. Hastinapura and. entrusted them to the old grandsire Bhishma. In a short time the Pandavas. Vedas and the Vedanta as well as over the various arts. Kshatriyas. The Kauravas, the sons of the blind. Dhritarashtra, became jealous of the Pandavas and tried to injure them in. Finally Bhishma, the head of the. Some time later, there was a game. Kauravas and the Pandavas according to the then prevailing. Kshatriya code of honor. Sakuni, who played on behalf of the Kauravas, defeated. Yudhishthira. As a result, the Pandavas had to be in exile for a period of. They left the kingdom and went to the forest with their devoted. Draupadi. According to the conditions of. Pandavas spent twelve years in the forest and the thirteenth year. When they returned and demanded. Duryodhana their paternal heritage, the latter, who had in the meanwhile. War followed as a consequence. The Pandavas defeated Duryodhana. The Pandavas ruled the kingdom for thirty- six. Afterwards, they transferred the crown to their grandson, Parikshit, and. Draupadi, all clad humbly in barks of trees. This is the substance of the. Mahabharata. In this ancient and wonderful epic of our land there. Pandavas. The Mahabharata is in fact a. It is, with the Ramayana. Motherland. 2. But on certain conditions that neither you nor anyone. I am, or whence I come. You must also not stand in. I do, good or bad, nor must you ever be wroth with me on. You must not say anything displeasing to me. If you act. otherwise, I shall leave you then and there. Do you agree? King. Santanu and Ganga lived a life of perfect happiness, oblivious of the passage. She gave birth to many children. Ganges and cast into the river, and then. Santanu was filled with horror. Often he wondered who she was, wherefrom she had. Still bound by his word, and his. Thus she killed seven children. I shall not kill this child, but. I, who am constrained to play this. Vasishtha, am the goddess Ganga, adored of gods. Vasishtha cursed the eight Vasus to be born in the world of men, and. I was to be their mother. I bore them to. you, and well is it for you that it was so. For you will go to higher regions. Vasus. I shall bring up this last. It was this child who later became famous. Bhishma. This was how the Vasus came to incur Vasishtha's curse. They went. for a holiday with their wives to a mountain tract where stood the hermitage of. Vasishtha: One of them saw Vasishtha's cow, Nandini, grazing there. Its divinely beautiful form. They were all loud in praise. This cow belongs to the sage Vasishtha who. Man will certainly become immortal by. But this is no gain to us, who are already immortal. Is it. worth our while incurring Vasishtha's wrath merely to satisfy a whim? It is for her sake that. I make this request. Before Vasishtha returns we shall have escaped with the. You must certainly do this for my sake, for it is my dearest wish. All the Vasus joined together and took the cow and. When Vasishtha returned to his. Very soon he came to know by his. Anger seized him and he uttered a curse. Vasus. The sage, whose sole wealth was his austerity, willed that. When the Vasus came to know of the. Vasishtha said: . Prabhasa, the Vasu who seized the cow, will live. My words cannot prove ineffective, but I shall soften the curse. Sages who perform austerities acquire the power to curse, but. The Vasus felt relieved and. Ganga and begged of her: . For our sake we beseech you to descend to the earth and marry a worthy. Throw us into the water as soon as we are born and liberate us from the. One day he was wandering along the banks of the. Ganges when he saw a boy endowed with the beauty and form of Devendra, the king. The child was amusing himself by. Ganges in flood, playing with the mighty. To the king who stood transfixed. Ganga revealed herself and presented. She said: . I have brought him up till now. He has mastered the art. Parasurama in prowess. He has learnt the Vedas and the. Vedanta from Vasishtha, and is well versed in the arts and sciences known to. Sukra. Take back with you this child who is a great archer and hero as well as. Bhishma's Vow. WITH joy the king received to his. Devavrata and crowned. Yuvaraja, the heir apparent. Four years went by. One day as. the king was wandering on the banks of the Yamuna, the air was suddenly filled. A sage had conferred. From the moment the goddess Ganga. He asked her to be his wife. The maiden said: . May it please you to. Still you have to make a promise to me before you. It was a price that could not be. He therefore returned to his capital, Hastinapura. He did not reveal the matter to anyone and languished. One day Devavrata asked his. Why then are. you so unhappy? How is it that you are like one pining away with a secret. I am indeed tortured with mental pain and anxiety. You. are my only son and you are always preoccupied with military ambitions. Life in. the world is uncertain and wars are incessant. If anything untoward befalls you. Of course, you are equal to a hundred sons. It is, not proper. I desire the perpetuation of our family. This is the cause of my. Thewise Devavrata realised that. Yamuna. He went to the chief of the fishermen. The fisherman was respectful, but. Then should not. her son become king? But you have been crowned as the heir apparent and will. It is this that stands in the way. And I renounce in. You are indeed a hero. You can yourself. Still, hear with patience these. I say as the father of the girl.? Your sons will naturally be mighty heroes like you, and will. This is the doubt. He vowed with upraised arm to the. That name became the celebrated. Devavrata from that time. Then the son of Ganga led the maiden. Satyavati to his father. Two sons were born of Satyavati. Santanu, Chitrangada and Vichitravirya, who ascended the throne one after.
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