Krishna Dwaipaayana Essay

truth through his own intuition that is beyond any thought and that can only be experienced but cannot be expressed. Such knowledge one can get only when one has faith in the scriptures that tells about the subjective experience of the Rishis of yore and if one has to get the experience of that knowledge for himself then he should elevate himself spiritually to the level of the ancient Indian sages who experienced the ultimate Reality through their intuition that was the result of their continuous, persistent and rigorous spiritual disciplines. However everyone can test whether he is able to enjoy permanent peace and happiness and freedom from the sorrows of life by adhering to the teachings of Lord Krishna while living in this world. Undoubtedly,
She was the adopted daughter of Dasaraaja the chief of fishermen who was also a ferryman on the banks of river Yamuna. Later she married Shanthanu the King who ruled the kingdom the capital of which was Hasthinaapur. Matsyagandhi was actually the daughter of the king of Chedi Kingdom and of an Apsara, a celestial nymph by name Adrika who was cursed to be born on earth. Vyasa’s original name was Krishna Dwaipaayana. Dwaipaayana means the one who was born in an island. He was also known as Badaraayana as he was born in an island that was full of Badara or the Indian gooseberry trees. Later, Sage Paraasara took his son Krishna Dwaipayana who was very keen on asceticism along with him to teach him all knowledge. Krishna Dwaipayana later came to be known as Veda Vyasa as he compiled and classified the ancient Indian knowledge (Vid) under four heads
It contains innumerable stories of sages, devotees, demons, kings and even gods, and other ordinary people, and great moral truths and explains the knowledge contained in the Vedas through stories that highlighted Bhakthi or devotion to Lord Narayana particularly. It is said that whatever you see in the world is contained in the Mahaabhaaratha and whatever is not there in the Mahaabhaaratha one cannot find in this world. According to certain estimates it is roughly eight to ten times longer than Homer’s Iliad (an ancient Epic poem attributed to Homer) and Odyssey (also an ancient Greek Epic poem attributed to Homer) put together or four times the length of Raamayana, another Epic written by sage Vaalmeeki, that mainly tells about the story of King Sree Raama of the Solar Dynasty (Soorya Vamsh), who lived in Tretha Yuga (Silver era). It is said that it was Lord Ganesha who wrote down this great Epic, Mahaabhaaratha, for Vyaasa. It is also said that even the great Lord Ganesha had to take some moments to ponder over and penetrate in to the meaning of the closely knit difficult Slokas or verses that Vyaasa had composed. It is believed that originally this great Epic Mahaabhaaratha contained 24, 000 Slokas or verses and later Vyaasa added 60 lakh verses more and included them there. In its present form this Epic has one lakh Slokas