At about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, or about four times the length of the Rāmāyaṇa. Its longest version consists of over 100,000 śloka or over 200,000 individual verse lines (each shloka is a couplet), and long prose passages.
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The Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem known and has been described as "the longest poem ever written". The text probably reached its final form by the early Gupta period (c. The original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries BCE. The bulk of the Mahābhārata was probably compiled between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, with the oldest preserved parts not much older than around 400 BCE. There have been many attempts to unravel its historical growth and compositional layers.
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Traditionally, the authorship of the Mahābhārata is attributed to Vyāsa. We need more of such people from all religions to unite our minds.Krishna and Arjuna at Kurukshetra, 18th–19th-century painting His voice & pronounciation is just amazing.Ībsolutely loved it reminds me of childhood days when we used to run back home to watch the episode and get relived on hearing this music. Many hindu people even cannot recite a single line correctly.
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I salute him how nicely he pronounced each n every words from Mahabharata. He not only sang it well he has knowledge of what he is singing n to the core very special of India sir.need to preserve that goodness at any cost. It's long tradition of music sir.it's always been secular. Such a great voice and clear pronunciation, not sure if I’d be half as good delivering a verse in Urdu. Waseem Alam Qureshi September 20, 2021īeautiful least because of the person’s attire. We all grew up with this! Also, for those who don't know great Rahi Masoom Raza wrote screenplay for Mahabharat. Many said it is the 'true fabric of India' that must be preserved. The rendition of the famous introduction of the Doordarshan drama and the person's delivery of the shlokas left many impressed online. Not just people in the video, the clip wowed netizens on the microblogging site as well. "Beating the stereotypes!" Quraishi wrote online, sharing the over one minute video, which showed the listeners getting quite impressed by the man's rendition.īeating the stereotypes! /BwhfqMbTjV Celebrating the unity in diversity, moving beyond religious lines, the man was seen performing the iconic introduction of the show, 'Mahabharat Katha', beautifully singing the whole verse and even pausing for the interlude in between, in a nod to the blowing of the conch.ĪLSO READ | As people enjoy Ramayan reruns, one scene from the show has become a hit meme Shared by Dr S Y Quraishi, the former chief election commissioner of India, an elderly man is seen singing the song originally sung by Mahendra Kapoor for BR Chopra epic mythological show. Now, evoking nostalgia, a Muslim man's rendition of the Mahabharat title track is winning hearts online.
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Sitting in front of the television every Sunday to enjoy Ramayana and Mahabharat was a big part of every desi person's life in the late 80s and early 90s.