Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.4987

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iii) *Vyāsa and the Kaurava-Pāṇḍavas.* From this time onwards we see Vyāsa as the spiritual teacher of the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas. Behind all the movements of these two families we could see the hand of Vyāsa. Thus though he came to Hastināpurī and gave advice to the members of the family frequently, his main abode was his hermitage. Vyāsa's contact with Hastināpura could be seen up to the Mahāprasthāna (the great departure) of the Pāṇḍavas. In all the administrative affairs up to this period, Vyāsa also had a part. The situations in which Vyāsa had taken part in the life-voyage of the Kauravas and the Pāṇḍavas are given below.