Gaṇeśa Writes the Mahābhārata

The sage Vyāsa wished to compose the vast Mahābhārata, but the poem was so great that only one scribe could capture it — Gaṇeśa, lord of wisdom.

Gaṇeśa agreed on one condition: that Vyāsa never pause in his dictation. Vyāsa, ever clever, set his own condition: that Gaṇeśa understand each verse before writing it.

So the sage wove in lines so subtle they made even Gaṇeśa pause to ponder, while Vyāsa composed the next.

When his pen once broke, Gaṇeśa snapped off his own tusk and wrote on, undeterred.

Together, patience and brilliance gave the world its longest, wisest epic.