It's common to hear that Ganesha himself wrote the Mahabharata dictated by Vyasa muni. But wasn't all these epics passed down generation after generation orally?

They were written down fairly recently (in the broad time scale of Indian history I mean). Since its Kali Yuga how is it possible for God to have appeared?

So how can we be sure that it was written down and not dictated?

  • Its not impossible for god to appear on earth at any time. I guess mahabharat was written at the end of dwapar Yuga. – Vishal prabhu lawande Sep 10 '17 at 3:49
  • "actually impossible for God to have appeared on Earth" - is this based on your personal opinion ? – ram Sep 10 '17 at 3:51
  • @ram it's not personal opinion. That's what I've always heard. Tretha Yuga has passed. This is Kali Yuga. Not the age of gods anymore – Macindows Sep 10 '17 at 3:58
  • Closely related: Why did Vyasa seek the help of Lord Ganesha? – Paṇḍyā Sep 10 '17 at 12:05
  • @Macindows, it is true that Treta Yuga, and the subsequent Dwapara Yuga have passed, and that we are in Kali Yuga. My question is about your statement that Kali is not the age of Gods anymore.. – ram Sep 10 '17 at 15:23

We know it through this chapter of Adi Parva of Mahabharata:




"Ganesa, upon hearing this address, thus answered, 'I will become the writer of thy work, provided my pen do not for a moment cease writing." And Vyasa said unto that divinity, 'Wherever there be anything thou dost not comprehend, cease to continue writing.'

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