- It took three years for Ved Vyasa to compose the Itihasa Mahabharata.
- World's first test tube baby was Dronacharya. He was born from the spilt semen of sage Baradwaja kept in an earthen vessel.
- The Kouravas and their sister Duhsala were born when a clay ball born from Gandhari's womb was separated into one hundred and one parts by yogic power of Ved Vyasa.
- Parikshit was six months old in Uttara's womb when he was hit by Ashwatthama's Brahmashira astra.
- Draupadi in her previous birth was Nalayani, who was the wife of sage Maudgalya. After enjoying many years in her company, Maudgalya renounced worldly life and went to live in the forest. With a broken heart, Nalayani performed a penance to satisfy Lord Shiva. Satisfied by her devotion, Lord Shiva granted her the boon that in her next birth she would be the wife of five extremely virtuous men.
- Arjuna's birth is the most celebrated one in Mahabharata. When Arjuna was born, many celestial beings assembled to pay their respects to him. Arjuna's birth was attended by Kadru, Vinata, the gandharvas, the apsaras, the serpents Karkotaka, Shesha, Vasuki, Kacchapa, Apakunda and Takshaka, the seven maharshis, the eleven rudras, the twelve adityas, the kumaras, the vasus, the maruts, the vishwadevas and the saddhyas.
- Ved Vyasa imparted a secret divine knowledge called Pratismriti to Yudhishthira, who in turn imparted the knowledge to Arjuna. As a reult of which, Arjuna was able to go to the regions of Indra, Lord Shiva, Varuna, Yama and Kubera, in order to obtain divine weapons from these deities.
- Bhima met Hanuman atop Gandhamadana forest on his way to finding Sougandhika flowers, which he desired to bring for Draupadi. Bhima was delighted on meeting his elder brother and wished to know the conduct of various Yugas from him. Hanuman blessed him and fulfilled his wish. He then showed Bhima direction of Kubera's garden, the source of Sougandhika flowers.
- The birth of Bhishma is an interesting one. Once the eight vasus visited the celestial hermitage of sage Vasistha with their wives. The wife of the eighth vasu desired to have Kamdhenu, the wish fulfilling cow of the sage. Agreeing with his wife, Prabhasa, the eighth vasu stole the cow with the help of other vasus. Sage Vasistha, owing to his power of meditation, discerned that Prabhasa had stolen his cow. In a fit of rage, he cursed all the vasus to be born in the world of humans. Upon the pleading of the vasus, the sage reduced the impact of the curse that they would be liberated from their human birth as soon as they would be born. However, Prabhasa, the real culprit behind Kamdhenu's abduction, would stay for a much longer period of time in the world. Owing to this, Prabhasa was born as Bhishma in the world.
- Among all the illustrious Kshatriyas of the Kuru dynasty, it was Bhishma who had the most number of preceptors. When Bhishma was sixteen, his mother Ganga took him to the world of celestials to be trained by various eminent sages. Brihaspati, the preceptor of Indra, taught Bhishma the duties of the kings. Sukracharya, the preceptor of Bali, taught Bhishma political science. Vasishtha, the sage who cursed Prabhasa, imparted the knowledge of the Vedas to Bhishma. Sanatkumara, a son of Brahma, taught Bhishma the secret of spiritual bliss. Markandeya, the immortal sage, taught Bhishma the customs and traditions of all the races. Parashurama, Jamadagni's valiant son, trained Bhishma in warfare.
- Bhima was one pradesha taller than Arjuna in height. Pradesha means the distance between an outstretched thumb and forefinger.
- The story of Bhima's mace is an interesting one. The mace once belonged to king Youvanashva who hid the weapon in lake Bindu, after he slew his enemies in battle. On Lord Krishna's instructions, the asura Maya went to lake Bindu and brought the mace from the place where it was hidden for generations. Lord Krishna then presented Youvanashva's mace to Bhima. The mace was made entirely of steel and decorated with golden rings. It was four cubits long and had six sides. Furthurmore, Bhima's mace was one and a half times heavier than the mace of Duryodhana.
- Bhima killed the Kaurava brothers in archery combats and not mace fights, as believed, excepting Duryodhana. The weapon which Bhima used to kill the Kaurava brothers was his divine bow Vayaviya, which he obtained from his father Vayu. Bhima used different weapons only against Dusshasana and Duryodhana. He used his sword to rip apart Dusshasana's chest and he used his mace to break Duryodhana's thigh.
- The saga of Arjuna's Gandiva bow started with Lord Brahma, who made the weapon to eliminate evil forces from the three worlds. Having kept the bow with himself for 1000 years, Lord Brahma passed the bow to one of the Prajapatis. The Prajapati kept the bow with himself for another 1000 years. When the time for destruction of the demons had arrived, the Prajapati gave Gandiva to Indra. Shooting innumerable lines of arrows from Gandiva, Indra eliminated the demons with Gandiva and kept it with himself as an emblem of victory for 3585 years. Indra then affectionately passed the bow to Varuna, his younger brother. After keeping the bow for 100 years, Varuna presented Gandiva to Arjuna. This is how Arjuna came to be the possessor of the famous bow. Arjuna was the master of Gandiva bow for 65 years. Gandiva was Arjuna's weapon of choice in Kurukshetra war. 36 years after the war, Arjuna immersed the bow in the sea. Eventually Gandiva returned to it's previous owner, Varuna.
- A lot of speculation has been made as to where Shri Krishna was, when the infamous episode of Draupadi's Vastraharan occurred, and why Shri Krishna didn't prevent the episode from manifesting in the court of Hastinapura. During the time of the gambling match which eventually led to Draupadi's Vastraharan, Shri Krishna was at Dwarka countering a new threat. King Salwa had attacked Dwarka in a flying vehicle, which he obtained as a boon from Lord Shiva. The vehicle, named Saubha, was designed by Vishwakarma for the purpose of aerial fights. Salwa seized the vehicle, owing to Lord Shiva's boon, and attacked Dwarka taking his army in the aerial vehicle. Salwa gained an upper hand in the fight with Shri Krishna's Narayani sena, due to the advantage of his aerial vehicle. On seeing this, Shri Krishna himself attacked Salwa and a fight ensued between them. Salwa applied complex illusions in the battle which bewildered Shri Krishna. For a long period of time, Shri Krishna remained hopeless to win the fight. Eventually regaining his composure and bringing his senses under control, Shri Krishna invoked his discus Sudarshana with proper mantras. The discus, hurled by the god's arm, reduced the vehicle to ashes with Salwa and his army inside it. Thus, Shri Krishna was able to restore life back to normal in Dwarka.
- The saga of Bhagavad Gita started with Shri Krishna, who imparted the eternal yoga to Vivaswan, the Sun god. Vivaswan then imparted this divine knowledge to Manu, progenitor of human beings. Manu narrated Bhagavad Gita to Iskavaku, the founder king of Iskavaku dynasty. In this way, the essence of Shri Krishna's divine song has been handed down by tradition since the beginning of creation.
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