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.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

NARAYANA AND HIS GRACE

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Deeply offended by Krishna’s plain speaking, Duryodhana lost his temper and started abusing him. To be fair, his feeling humiliated and e...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

SARALA'S SAHADEVA AND HIS BOON!

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As god Ashwini Kumara shared his life with the dead child, life returned to him. He was born and had died as Pandu’s (and Madri’s) son bu...
Thursday, February 6, 2020

WHEREFORE "THE MANGO OF TRUTH"?

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I am rephrasing a question a young researcher-participant at a Sarala Mahabharata conference asked me the other day: what purpose – narr...
Sunday, December 1, 2019

THE KILLING OF THE GURU (IN TWO PARTS)

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PART I The only father, who had entered the battlefields of Kurukshetra, making a promise onto himself that he would give up weapons ...
Thursday, November 14, 2019

WHAT MADE THE SON OF DHARMA CHOOSE WAR?

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PART I  He was a wise and compassionate man, a man of peace, who thought of no one as his enemy, and had no desire for kingship. Ye...
Monday, October 28, 2019

THE STORY OF BHIMA AND KUVERA

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Once there was a famine in Emperor Yudisthira’s kingdom because of a drought. He asked brother Bhima to go to god Kuvera and request ...
Thursday, October 24, 2019

THE MANY SHADES OF BHAKTI

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How many shades of bhakti are there, according to Sarala Mahabharata ? “As many bhaktas are there!” may not be indeed be a poor answer! ...
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