Janamejaya the Kuru king was feeling restless.He wants to know about his ancestors.Even though being a great king and conqueror he was unaware about the full history of his grandfathers valour.
He the son of King Parikshit and Queen Madravati and the grandson of Abhimanyu and the great-grandson of Arjuna, the valiant warrior hero of the Mahābhārata he ascended the Kuru throne following the death of his father Parikshit.
Due to his curisioty he went to the great sage Vaishampayana, pupil of Vyasa and requested him to retell the famous epic Mahābhārata.He said that "oh divine being you are the greatest sage of aryavarta, please satisfy my curisioty and tell me the story of my ancestors from the time of Bharata the great to the Kurukshetra war between my great-grandfathers the Pandavas and their paternal cousins the Kauravas". The sage seeing the humblenss and the eagerness of the king agreed to narrate the great epic of Mahabharta to him.This made king Janamejaya the listener of the first narration of the Mahābhārata, narrated by Vaishampayana.
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Historical FictionWe all have heard about the epic saga of mahabharat. Considered as one of the greatest poems in the history of the world. This is just my out look on the story. The story which is filled with treachery,love,anger,hate,misunderstandings,family and ma...