Included in the Itihasas is the Mahabharata, written by Srila Vyasadeva. It is an
historical epic about the great kingdom of Bharatavarsa, or the region of India. It
contains 110,000 couplets making it the longest poem and greatest epic in world
literature. It is divided into 18 sections called parvas, such as the Adi Parva, etc. It is a
treasure house of Indian lore and holds within it a code of life for ethical, social and
spiritual relations. Throughout this great epic every sort of human situation is described
and every kind of emotion is aroused. There is a saying that if it is not in the
Mahabharata then it is not to be found.
