BHIMA AND KRISHNA: A RELOOK

Different from each other in a hundred ways, Bhima and Krishna share one personality trait in Sarala Mahabharata, which is a remarkably  creative retelling in Odia, in the fifteenth century, of Vyasa Mahabharata. It is this: neither can be contented. In different respects, though! Insatiable, says the poet Sarala, was Bhima’s hunger for a fight, …

THE TESTIMONY OF THE SEVERED HEAD IN SARALA MAHABHARATA (THE STORY OF BELALASENA)

Note: This is a revised version of the article “The Tale of Belalasena: A Unique Perspective in Sarala Mahabharata” published in Samachar Just Click on March 28, 2024. The story of Belalasena occurs in Sarala Mahabharata. In Vyasa Mahabharata, there is no Belalasena story or an equivalent of it. Belalasena was Bhima’s son. Let us …