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Yes, but Vyas emerged more intelligence than Ganesha. He immediately placed another condition that Ganesha should write only after understanding the verses. So at some complex phrases Ganesha used to pause and think over it and Vyas meanwhile used the intervals to quickly compose some more verses.

Yes, he could have written but wanted the help of someone as Mahabharata was a complex story. Composing and writing together was not easy. So he asked Brahma to guide him who can write his narration. So Brahma asked him to approach Ganesh.

No, Mahabharata was not written by Ved Vyas. It was narrated by him and documented by Lord Ganesha.

Yes, true. It is said the medicinal values of marijuana assist in meditation or sadhaan. This is the reason the sadhus are seen consuming bhang when being on the extreme climatic conditions of the mountainous regions. It calms nerves in such cold weather.

On the occasion of Maha Sivaratri, usually in the month of February or March, Hindus consume marijuana.

Hindus admire and respect the cannabis plant. It is something divine to them. It is offered to Lord Shiva as prasad. Lord Shiva is associated with marijuana. There are five sacred plants in Hindu text and marijuana is one among those. In the fourth book of the Vedas the Cannabis is mentioned...

During Samudra Manthan a lethal poison too was released along with Amrita. It was so lethal that could destroy all the creation. Lord Shiva consumed it to protect the creation. To cool him down bhang was offered. This was the first time he tasted chillum.

Let's take it the other way. The love story of Lord Krishna was eternal. It is very much symbolic to the divine union of Jivatma with Paramatma, which literally means union of individual self with universal self.

There's a story to it. Radha refused to marry Lord Krishna because she felt can't fit in his life. People would never want their lord to marry a cowgirl. They wished Krishna to marry a princess.

Lord Krishna and Radha never married each other even though they were incomplete without each other. Ved Vyasa wrote that Krishna believed love is selfless emotion where one pledges to love a person with purified nature while marriage is just an agreement.

So this means Lord Rama went to exile in 5090 BC as according to Ayodhya Kaand he was 25 years old when Dasharatha wanted to crown him as King of Ayodhya.

So the year of 7292 BC is not true?

There are different theories to it based on religion and scientific evidence. However, in general it is believed the war between Rama and Ravana took place in 7292 BC while the great Mahabharata war occurred in 3137 BC.

True. Lord Yama revealed his identity thereafter to Yudhistir and took him on a tour through the hell where Yudhistir saw his brothers and Draupadi. However, Lord Indra promised him that his brother and Draupadi too will find a place in heaven. Yudhistir was taken to heaven.

Yudhistir too felt the Kali Yuga is about to begin as he saw adharma in his kingdom. He and his brothers decided to quit being the ruler of the kingdom and go to heaven. The Pandavas crowned Parikshit and went to the Himalayas along with Draupadi. They were joined by a stray dog, who was, in...

Yes, true. Amid such rebellion phase, a hunter mistakenly shoots Krishna with an arrow. This way Krishna was killed. After his demise, Vyasa told Arjuna that the purpose of Pandavas is now over.

The first thing that happened after Mahabharata was that the Pandavas were crowned as rulers of Hastinapur. Gandhari was at grief losing all her sons and she cursed Lord Krishna as well as his Yadav clan to get painful death.

Yes, this is the reason in many pictures of Lord Ganesha we see one tusk broken and he holds the broken tusk by hand.

But do you know why he himself didn't write Mahabharata? Actually, Mahabharata was a complex story. So composing and writing cannot go simultaneously. This is the reason he was looking for someone who can write his narration.

Yes, Ved Vyasa was the grandfather of Kauravas and Pandavas, the two families in Mahabharata who fought for property.