“The Mahabharata is glorified because it contains the conclusions of all scriptures. Long ago, on the request of Srila Vyasa, Lord Brahma and the other demigods came together with all the great sages and placed the Mahabharata on one side of a scale and the entire Vedas on the other. The Mahabharata, it turned out, weghed more because of its greatness (mahattva) and heaviness (bhara-vattva). For this reason it is called Maha-bharata.”
