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Ganesha Writing the Mahabharata upon Vyasa's Dictation

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बीतते बरस लो नमन!

Beetate Baras Lo Naman!

Pratibha Saxena
1 min read 2 versesनया सालसमयनमन

2 verses · ~1 min

जुड़ गया एक अध्याय और, गिनती आगे बढ़ गई ज़रा, जो शेष रहा था कच्चापन परिपक्व कर गए तपा-तपा . आभार तुम्हारा बरस, कि तोड़े मन के सारे भरम!

फिर से दोहरा लें नए पाठ, दो कदम बिदा के चलें साथ . बढ़ महाकाल के क्रम में लो स्थान, रहे मंगलमय यह प्रस्थान! चक्र घूमेगा कर निष्क्रम, नये बन करना शुभागमन! अभी लो नमन!

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Pratibha Saxena

The Poet

प्रतिभा सक्सेना

Pratibha Saxena

Ganesha Writing the Mahabharata upon Vyasa's Dictation

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Ganesha Writing the Mahabharata upon Vyasa's Dictation

In the quiet stillness of a sacred hermitage, the great sage Vyasa sits in deep contemplation, gently dictating the eternal verses of the Mahabharata. Across from him, the divine elephant headed deity Lord Ganesha sits with profound grace, serving as the scribe for humanity. With a broken tusk in hand and infinite wisdom guiding his pen, Ganesha preserves the monumental epic on palm leaf manuscripts. This delicate yet powerful composition captures a cosmic collaboration, where mortal wisdom meets divine intellect, anchoring one of the greatest stories ever told into the fabric of time.

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