It all began with a mighty egg, the one inexhaustible seed of all created beings. The darkness engulfed the planet, and this egg came into being. It is called Mahadivya and was formed at the beginning of the yuga.

From this egg, came out the lord Pitamaha Brahma; with Suraguru and Sthanu.
Then the twenty-one Prajapathis – namely Manu, Vasishtha and Parameshthi; ten Prachetas, Daksha and seven sons of Daksha.
Then the Viswe-Devas, the Adityas, the Vasus, and the twin Aswins; the Yakshas, the Sadhyas, the Pisachas, the Guhyakas, and the Pitris.
The wise and most holy Brahmarshis, and the numerous Rajarshis distinguished by every noble quality came into existence.
Then the water, the heavens, the earth, the air, the sky, the points of the heavens, the years, the seasons, the months, the fortnights, called Pakshas, with day and night in due succession. And thus all things which are known to humankind were produced.

The EPIC Mahabharata probably fall between the 8th and 9th Centuries BCE (from Wikipedia).

Vyasa executed the compilation of the Bharata, exclusive of the episodes originally in twenty-four thousand verses, each verse is a couplet. This 24,000 verse was the beginning of the Mahabharata. From this shorter version, the great EPIC Mahabharata was built.

Afterwards, Vyasa composed an epitome in one hundred and fifty verses, consisting of the introduction with the chapter of contents. After that, he executed another compilation, consisting of six hundred thousand verses. Of those, thirty hundred thousand are known in the world of the Devas; fifteen hundred thousand in the world of the Pitris: fourteen hundred thousand among the Gandharvas, and one hundred thousand in the regions of mankind.

This entire compilation was first taught to Suka – Vyasa’s Son and afterwards Vyasa gave it to other disciples who were possessed of the same qualifications as that of Suka.

In this world, they were recited by Vaisampayana, one of the disciples of Vyasa, a man of just principles and the first among all those acquainted with the Vedas. Vaisampayana at the Snake-sacrifice yagna of the Royal Sage Janamejaya and Parikshit recites the full Mahabharata ( 1,00,000 Verses) for the benefit of Mankind.

Ugrasrava, the son of Lomaharshana, surnamed Sauti knows the entire 1,00,000 verses by heart and tells this story to a group of Sages in the forest of Naimisha.

This is how, we get to learn about Mahabharata, from Sauti.

Let me pray him and start writing about stories that I like to hear/tell. I was contemplating about writing mythology related stories, it is lot of fun to read them and also it helps me to understand and analyse various aspects of my life in a way which otherwise I would not have thought of. 

 In Indian mythology, Ramayana & Mahabharata hold a very special place. Ramayana and Mahabharata comes in different flavors due to various authors who have tried to understand and write about the same. I thought even I should try my hand on it.

Going forward, I would like to write about Mahabharata in my own way. 

 Thanks to Veda Vyasa. He is the master story teller and it is his blessings that we have Mahabharata today.

 Let me tell you, I am not going to write about the sanskrit verses and translate and explain them. I will just write about the stories in my own way. I have made references and I will keep updating my references to write about the same. I don’t like to copy stuff from others, I think I have inspirations all drawn from Veda Vyasa and others please don’t get to me with the infringements

 As I said in beginning, let me offer my salutations to Lord Ganesha and then begin my journey to write stories about the Epic Mahabharata.

 “Gajananam Bhutaganadi Sevitam 

Kapitta Jambu Phala Sara Bhakshitam 

Uma Sutam Shokavinasha Karanam 

Namami Vigneshvara Pada Pankajam”