He divided the Vedas and wrote the Mahabharata, and still sat by the Sarasvati feeling something was missing.
Appears in
Vyasa's unrest and Narada's story — Skandha 1, adhyayas 4-6 — The man who divided the Vedas and wrote the Mahabharata sits by the Sarasvati unsatisfied, until Narada tells him why.
Embodies
Who is a teacher — A son teaches his mother, a madman teaches a king, and an ascetic learns from a pigeon, a python and a courtesan.
Questions to explore
Why did Vyasa feel incomplete after composing the Mahabharata?
How did Vyasa receive the Bhagavatam in meditation?
Why did Vyasa teach the Bhagavatam to his son Shuka?
