Vyasa and Ganesha
Vyasa was the author of the Mahabharata because no human was worthy of handling this important material. There was a king named Uparichara, from Chedi, who was so set on being perfect that the Gods thought he was trying to take their power. So they sent Indra down to bribe this King with a flying chrystal chariot. This was a privilege for him alone and no other man. One day King Uparichara was just cruising through the sky when he accidentally drop some semen into the water and it was swallowed by a female fish. So ten months later a fisherman caught this fish and when he cut it open there was a boy and girl inside. The fisherman took them to the king who decided to keep the boy as his own and allow the fisherman and his wife to raise the girl. The girls name was Satyavati. Unfortunately she smelt like fish until one day while helping her father ferry people she met a man who made her promise to stay a virgin in order to rid her of her fishy scent. This worked and she became beautiful smelling. This story was so interesting to me due to it absurd nature. The concept of the whole story is something so new to me and I just sounds insane. This reading has been very insightful to a culture that I was unaware of until now.
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