Mahabharata passed from Vyasa to Roma Rishi, and from him to Sut Puranic, and from Sut Puranic to Saunaka. Thenthirupparai Aravindlochanan said in a discourse, We find that different people narrated the Mahabharata, the audience in each case was also different. Sage Vyas went to the place where Janamejaya was performing the yagya.

He appointed Vaishampayana to narrate the Mahabharata to Janamejaya. Vaishampayana narrated the story to King Janamejaya and all the people gathered there.

But it was Narad who narrated the Mahabharata to the gods. Two sages – Asit and Deval – were the narrators of the ancestors. The Gandharvas, Yakshas and Rakshasas heard this from Shuka, who was the son of Vyasa.

Mahabharata can be seen in the form of a tree, in which Duryodhana, who is the symbol of anger, is the tree. The bottom part of this tree of anger is Karna. Shakuni is made of leaves and the origin is Dhritarashtra.

If Dhritarashtra had not been influenced by the affection of his son Duryodhana, he would have stopped him and the war could have been avoided. Therefore, he is seen as the root of all the troubles to come. There is another way in which the Mahabharata can be seen as a tree.

This is the tree of religion, Yudhishthir is this tree. The base of this tree is Arjun, the branches are Bhima, the fruits and flowers are Nakula and Sahadeva.

The root of this tree is Lord Shri Krishna. These depictions of trees in the Mahabharata help us see why the defeat of the Kauravas was inevitable. When decisions are taken in anger and jealousy, how can one be victorious? On the other hand, we have the Pandavas, in whom Yudhishthira is imagined as the tree of dharma.

The main root of this tree is Lord Shri Krishna himself. Therefore, the victory of the Pandavas was certain.