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.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

WHEN HIDIMBAKI AND DRAUPADI MET...

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They fought; they spat venom on each other, each trying to wound the other in a manner that would cause the most intense pain. And this, in ...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

SATYAVATI

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In Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata Satyavati entered the narrative as unobtrusively as she disappeared from it. She was a princess who was destined ...
Monday, May 19, 2008

DURYODHANA'S MOMENT OF DISCOVERY

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Duryodhana’s crossing of the river of blood is arguably the most touching episode in Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata . One of the most powerful poems...
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

GANGA

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Of the women in Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata Ganga is unquestionably the most vicious and wicked. The way she tortured her husband Santanu has no...
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Monday, April 14, 2008

THE DISROBING OF DRAUPADI AND THE SUN GOD

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In Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata it was not Krishna who gave the clothes to Draupadi and saved her from dishonour; it was Surya, the Sun god. Kris...
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Thursday, April 10, 2008

SUHANI

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In Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata , Yudhisthira married the second time. Ordinarily this would have been nothing out of the ordinary. Many kings and...
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Thursday, April 3, 2008

THE KILLING OF DUSSASANA

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Dussasana died a terrible death - to put it mildly. But then even superlatives wouldn’t adequately capture the horror of it. Bhima literally...
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