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, September 19, 2016

DHRITARASHTRA: A NOTE IN SADNESS

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In swarga , where Yudhisthira went without passing through death, he found himself in the company of those he knew in the mortal world. Th...
Wednesday, July 27, 2016

THINKING ABOUT DURDASA

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Ten years ago I read Durdasa’s story in Sarala Mahabharata and for ten long years he has been in my thoughts. In the battlefield of Kuruk...
Monday, July 18, 2016

SARALA MAHABHARATA AS A NOVEL PRISON - REVENGE STORY

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Note: This piece, published in The Political and Business Daily on July 17, 2016, Sunday, is authored by Dr. Vikas Kumar ( vikas.kumar@ap...
Saturday, June 11, 2016

YOUR SAYING IS NOT ENOUGH,

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Said the celebrated sage Vyasa to Krishna, I need pramana – pratyakshya pramana (direct evidence); only then would I accept. That wa...
Friday, June 3, 2016

SHANTANU AND GANGA

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Shantanu was a great devotee of Bhagawan Shiva. Sarala spoke of him as a “ rushi (“rishi”, sage)”. He was so emerged in Shiva conscio...
Saturday, May 28, 2016

CHITRAVIRYA AND VICHITRAVIRYA

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Chitravirya and Vichitravirya were the sage-king Shantanu’s sons, but they were not born out of the womb of any woman. They were born ...
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