Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4975

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i) Introduction. Two sides, the spiritual as well as the material, are seen in the life of Vyāsa. It was after the marriage of Śantanu, a king of the Lunar dynasty, with his mother Kālī, otherwise known as Satyavatī, that Vyāsa came into contact with Hastināpura. Participating in all the vicissitudes of the Pāṇḍavas and the Kauravas was the worldly side of the life of Vyāsa. But the major part of his life was spent in living as a hermit in his hermitage in the forest with a large group of disciples; teaching them the Vedas. A small description of that spiritual life is given below: