51 Lesser Known Tales From the Mahabharata (Mahabharata Companion, #1)

by Sharath Komarraju

The storyteller must tell the tale without any conscious bending of the facts, and the only way to do that is to trust his subconscious mind and let the words flow. And part of the scribe’s job is to write down the content of the story without losing its coherence and theme as a whole. For this, the scribe must understand what he is writing.

the character of Krishna comes to us in two different ways: in the form of a warm, human child, and in the form of a stoic, calculating adult who has risen above attachment and emotions. It is this contrast that makes him so appealing, and so lovable.