Birth Story of Veda Vyasa
According to Hindu scriptures, Maharishi Ved Vyas was born 3000 years ago on the auspicious day of Ashadha Purnima. He was the son of Maharishi Parashara and Devi Satyavati, the great-grandmother of the Kauravas and Pandavas. Maharishi Ved Vyas’s birth name was Krishna Dvaipayana Vyas and it is believed that he was the greatest sage and scholar of his time Vyas Puja 2024 . One day, Sage Parashara was in a great hurry to reach somewhere to perform a Yagya when he came across the river Yamuna. He looked around for a way to cross the river and found a person on a boat. He requested the person to drop him across the river. As he boarded the boat, he realised that it was a woman who was rowing the boat and that her name was Satyavati. He was fascinated by her beauty and shrouded the entire area around the boat in fog and created an artificial island with his powers, to make sure that nobody could see them. The Sage proposed that they make love. When they were done, Sage Parashar told the yo...