Great Indian Sage Veda Vyasa

Sage Veda Vyasa was born to Sage Parasara. His mother was a fisher woman named Mathsya Gandhi (one who smelled of fish).

Sage Vyasa is known for his work on Hindu scriptures. It is said that when he was born (approximately 6000 years before) none of the scriptures were complied nor organized in form. He was Sage Vyasa who worked his entire life in collating and organizing the scriptures. Thus he divided the scriptures into four Vedas - Riga Veda, Yajur Veda, Sama Veda and Artha Veda. He further collected stories about various deities and codified these into Puranas.

Veda Vyasa was great grandfather of Kauravs and Pandavas. After the Great War of Mahabharat ended, Lord Brahma asked Sage Vyasa to write the epic of Mahabharat. Sage Vyasa sought blessing and guidance from Lord Ganesha, the God of wisdom and intelligence. Together they started writing Mahabharat on the auspicious day of Akshaya Thrithi.