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.

Friday, May 7, 2010

THE SECOND GAME OF DICE

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After this the Pandavas went into exile – for thirteen long years. And it all happened like this: The defeat in the game of dice had hurt Yu...
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Monday, March 22, 2010

HOW THE GAME OF DICE BEGAN

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His brothers had gone with Krishna to Dwarika, and Yudhisthira was in Varunavanta with mother Kunti and wife, Draupadi. All of a sudden, as ...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

WHEN BHISHMA AND ARJUNA FACED EACH OTHER IN THE BATTLEFIELD

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The Kurukshetra war had already started. Bhishma had assured Duryodhana that he would kill the Pandavas in the war. Yudhisthira had gone to ...
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Thursday, March 19, 2009

THE LAST PROPOSAL TO AVOID WAR

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In Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata it came from Sakuni. On the eve of the Kurukshetra war. Duryodhana had sent him to the Pandavas with the message ...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

THE GURUS OF THE ABADHUTA

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The great abadhuta (“ascetic”) told the celebrated king Yadu that he had twenty-four gurus (“preceptors”). They were not all humans; among ...
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THE STORY OF PINGALA

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(Note: This, and the following piece, namely, “The Gurus of the Abadhuta” are not from Sarala's Mahabharata , but the sixteenth century ...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

THE STORY OF MADRI

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In Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata , Madri was the daughter of Bhagavana, who was the king of Jyotisapura. Her mother was really a celestial being, a...
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