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.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

ARJUNA'S PROBLEM IN VYASA MAHABHARATA AND SARALA MAHABHARATA

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Arjuna’s problem in Vyasa Mahabharata is too well-known to recount here: somewhat roughly and in brief, he would not kill his grandfath...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

BAABARAPURI

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In Udyoga Parva of Saaralaa Mahaabhaarata Krishna tells the story of the kingdom of Babarapuri. Your kingdom is like baabarapuri , he told...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

ON VIRTUOUS LIVING ACCORDING TO LAKSHMI PURANA

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Lakshmi Purana has two parts; the first part is the poor, low-caste woman Shriya’s story and the second, goddess Lakshmi’s (and her consort...
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Friday, October 14, 2011

ON TWO LAKSHMI-CENTRED DISCOURSES IN ODIA

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There are quite a few tales and practices in Odia associated with goddess Lakshmi. Here we deal with two of these: one, Lakshmi Puran , a ta...
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Monday, September 13, 2010

THE END OF ASWASTHAMA'S STORY

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In Vyasa Mahabharata, Aswasthama, guru Drona’s son, was cursed by Krishna to undergo a terrible fate: for three thousand years, with a gap...
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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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