According to the tradition, Ved Vyasa dictated the text of Mahabharata to which deity?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Lord Ganesha
According to tradition, Vyasa dictated the text of the Mahabharata to the deity Ganesha, shown in the picture as “Lord Ganesha the scribe”.
NCERT (2026-27): “6.2 Author(s) and dates … Who wrote the text? This is a question to which there are several answers. The original story was probably composed by charioteer-bards known as sutas who generally accompanied Kshatriya warriors to the battlefield and composed poems celebrating their victories and other achievements. These compositions circulated orally. Then, from the fifth century BCE , Brahmanas took over the story and began to commit it to writing.…”
Fig. 3.9 Lord Ganesha the scribe According to tradition, Vyasa dictated the text to the deity. This illustration is from a Persian translation of the Mahabharata, c. 1740-50. |
