Vyasa wrote Shrimad Bhagavata after he had finished composing the Mahabharata. It is in the ninth canto (navama Skandha) of Bhagavata that some of the interesting anecdotes are included. These anecdotes retold here bring to light a complex web of human characters, situations and emotions. The subtle development of the human element makes these characters, their motivations and circumstances, relevant to all times. The attempt here, the author says, is to ...
