Sage

Vyasa

वेदव्यास

Also known as बादरायण · द्वैपायनः · महामुनि · कृष्णद्वैपायनः · कृपणवत्सलः · धर्मवित् · Badarayana · Dvaipayana

Vyasa is the father of Suka. Source evidence (SB 1.2.2): Vyasa (Dvaipayana) is Suka's father: he cried 'O son!' (putra iti) after his departing child, and Suka is 'vyasa-sunu' (SB 1.2.2-3). Evidence: EXPLICIT. Additional source (SB 1.2.3): Vyasa is the father of Suka. Source evidence (SB 1.2.3): Suka is the son of Vyasa: 'tam vyasasunum upayami' (SB 1.2.3). Evidence: EXPLICIT. (Reciprocal edge kept for graph traversal.)

Vyasa is the teacher of Suka. Source evidence (SB 1.3.41): The venerable rishi taught the Bhagavata to his son, the best of the self-possessed: 'tad idam grahayam asa sutam atma-vatam varam' (SB 1.3.41). Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Son Parashara Sage

Vyasa is the son of Parashara. Source evidence (SB 1.3.21): Vyasa was born from Parashara: 'parasarat' (SB 1.3.21). Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Student Narada Sage

Vyasa is the student of Narada. Source evidence (SB 1.5.40): Narada instructed Vyasa to compose the Bhagavata: 'prākhyāhi' (SB 1.5.40) — to proclaim Krishna's glories. Evidence: EXPLICIT. Additional source (SB 2.9.44): Vyasa is the student of Narada. Source evidence (SB 2.9.44): Narada told this Bhagavata to Vyasa of measureless splendour, who was meditating on the supreme Brahman on the bank of the Sarasvati: 'naradah praha munaye sarasvatyas tate nripa... vyasayamita-tejase' (SB 2.9.44). Direction: teacher -> disciple. Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Son Satyavati Human

Vyasa is the son of Satyavati. Source evidence (SB 1.3.21): Vyasa was born of Satyavati: 'satyavatyam' (SB 1.3.21). Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Foremost among knowers of the Veda

'Yani veda-vidam srestho bhagavan badarayanah' (SB 1.1.7).

Cried 'O son!' after the departing Suka

Afflicted by separation he called after his departing son: 'dvaipayano viraha-kataro ajuhava putra iti' (SB 1.2.2).

Divided the Veda-tree for men of small intellect

'Cakre veda-taroh sakhah drstvah pumso 'lpa-medhasah' (SB 1.3.21).

Diagnosed the lack: Bhagavata-dharmas not yet broadly expounded

'Kiṁ vā bhāgavatā dharmā na prāyeṇa nirūpitāḥ' (SB 1.4.31).

Friend and companion of the Lord

At SB 3.4.9 Dvaipayana is called the Lord's 'suhR^it-sakhA', friend and companion; perfect, wandering the worlds, he came by chance upon the Lord on the bank of the Sarasvati: 'dvai-pAyana-suhR^it-sakhA / lokAn anucharan siddha AsasAda yadR^ichChayA'.

Vyasa — foremost knower of — Vedas

Badarayana (Vyasa) is 'the foremost of knowers of the Veda': 'veda-vidam srestho bhagavan badarayanah' (SB 1.1.7). Evidence: EXPLICIT superlative.

Vyasa — avatara of — Krishna

Seventeenth: born of Satyavati from Parashara, the divider of the Veda — the very Vyasa of SB 1.1-2: 'saptadase jatah satyavatyam parasarat' (SB 1.3.21). Same-person consistency verified against 1.1.2/1.1.7/1.2.2-3. Evidence: birth EXPLICIT; list identity STRONG_CONTEXT.

Vyasa — divided — Vedas

Seeing men's slender intellect, He divided the Veda-tree into branches: 'cakre veda-taroh sakhah' (SB 1.3.21). Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Vyasa — born in — Dvapara-yuga

Vyasa was born in Dvapara, the third yuga-turn: 'dvāpare samanuprāpte tṛtīye yuga-paryaye' (SB 1.4.14). Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Vyasa — kala of — Krishna

Vyasa was born as a kala of Hari: 'jātaḥ parāśarād yogī vāsavyāṁ kalayā hareḥ' (SB 1.4.14). Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Vyasa — composed — Mahabharata

Vyasa composed the Bharata out of compassion for those debarred from the Trayi: 'iti bhārata-mākhyaṁ kṛpayā muninā kṛtam' (SB 1.4.25). Evidence: EXPLICIT.

Sanatan Info

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