M.L. Varadapande
'Narayanam Namaskritya', 'I bow before thee Oh Lord Krishna, with deep reverence', says the great Indian epic, the Mahabharata, in its opening benedictory verse. The narrator, Ugrashrava Sauti, further informs his august audience assembled in the deep woods of Nimisha, that the epic written by Maharshi Vedavyasa primarily relates the ancient lore of the divine cowherd. 'Bhagavan Vasudevaschya Sanatanah', 'What I am narrating here is the eternal saga of Lord ...