Sarala Mahabharat

Here I will post some short pieces on Sarala Mahabharata. Sarala Das is known as the "aadikavi" (the first poet) of Oriya Literature. He lived and wrote in the 15th Century. Mahabharat is his magnum opus. The episodes in Sarala's Mahabharat are significantly different from those in Vyasa's (Sanskrit) Mahabharat. Some of these posts have been translated into French, German and Hindi.

Monday, July 21, 2025

ON GOING TO SWARGA ALIVE (SAME EVENTS, DIFFERENT NARRATIVES, DIFFERENT INSIGHTS)

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  The composition of the timeless epic, Mahabharata , did not give contentment to the great poet, so   goes the legend. Sage Narada told him...
Monday, May 19, 2025

BHIMA AND KRISHNA: A RELOOK

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  Different from each other in a hundred ways, Bhima and Krishna share one personality trait in Sarala Mahabharata , which is a remarkably  ...
Saturday, January 11, 2025

THE WAR CODE: ANOTHER VIEW

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  War between the Pandavas and the Kauravas was imminent. In the assembly of the warriors who had joined him, Duryodhana appealed to them to...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025

DIFFERENT STORIES, DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES (On Variations in Sarala Mahabharata)

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The variations are with respect to Vyasa’s Mahabharata (referred to, alternatively, as Vyasa Mahabharata here).  Sarala Das’s Mahabharata ...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024

POLITICS OF THE WAR CODE

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  The negotiations to avoid war between the Pandava and the Kaurava brothers had failed and war was imminent. Duryodhana appealed to the kin...
Thursday, November 7, 2024

READING "UDYOGA PARVA" of SARALA MAHABHARATA

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(A summary of the main ideas. Written in the form of notes. Written for the purpose of discussion of this extremely important parva (chapte...
Saturday, April 6, 2024

THE TESTIMONY OF THE SEVERED HEAD IN SARALA MAHABHARATA (THE STORY OF BELALASENA)

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  Note: This is a revised version of the article “The Tale of Belalasena: A Unique Perspective in Sarala Mahabharata” published in Samachar ...
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