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Tales of the Gods

Why Ganesha Broke His Own Tusk

Vyasa had the whole Mahabharata in his head and no way to get it down. He needed a scribe who could write as fast as a god composes.

Vyasa had the whole Mahabharata in his head and no way to get it down.

The problem was speed. The epic was enormous. Nobody could recite it all in sittings, and no human hand could transcribe it at the rate it arrived.

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