Why was Śrī vyāsadeva despondent even after writing all the Vedic literatres and who stopped his despondency?

Vyasadeva is feeling despondent, Narada Muni, Vyasadeva spiritual master, arrives on the scene, allowing Vyasadeva the opportunity to reveal his heart and thus get a remedy for his despondency.

Vyasadeva immediately get up to worship Narada Muni with great veneration equal to That of Brahmaji (the creator). Brahma, the first student and and professors of the Vedas, Learnt the transcendental science from Krishna And taught it to Narada. Narada is the Representative of Brahma and therefore Respected as good as Brahma. This is the way To honor the representative of paramapara.

“ The great sage Vyasadeva saw anomalies in the duties of the millennium. This happens on the earth in different ages, due to unseen forces in the course of time The great sage, who was fully equipped in knowledge, could see, through his transcendental vision, the deterioration of everything material, due to the influence of the age. He could also see that the faithless people in general would be reduced in duration of life and would be impatient due to lack of goodness. Thus he contemplated for the welfare of men in all statuses and orders of life..” SB 1.4.16-17

Vyasadeva foresees the degradation of the people of the age of kali and deeply contemplates the welfare of the people during the age of kali. He thus concludes to complied the Vedic literature, in a more easily understood way, giving a means for the fallen to gradually progress toward the goal of life.

Division of the Vedas Yajur Veda Rig Veda Sama Veda Yajur Veda Atharva-Veda Sumantu Muni Angira Develops Atharva Veda Vaisampayana Rishi Develops Yajur Veda Jaimini Rishi Develops Sama Veda Paila Rishi Develops Rig Veda

The Fifth Veda Fifth Veda Puranas Mahabharata Itihasas Romaharsana Suta (Suta Gosvamis Father)

“ The purpose of the Mahabharata is to administer the purpose of the Vedas, and therefore within this Mahabharata the summary Veda of Bhagavad-Gita is placed. The less intelligent are more interested in stories than in philosophy, and therefore the philosophy of the Vedas in the form of the Bhagavad-Gita is spoken by the Lord Sri Krishna. Vyasadeva and Lord Krishna are both on the transcendental plane, and therefore they collaborated in doing good to the fallen souls of this age.”

narada uvaca

parasarya maha-bhaga

bhavatah kaccid atmana

paritushyati sarira

atma manasa eva va

SYNONYMS

naradah -- Narada; uvaca -- said; parasarya -- O son of Parasara; maha-bhaga -- the greatly fortunate; bhavatah -- your; kaccit -- if it is; atmana -- by the self-realization of; paritushyati -- does it satisfy; sarirah -- identifying the body; atma -- self; manasah -- identifying the mind; eva -- certainly; va -- and.

TRANSLATION

Addressing Vyasadeva, the son of Parasara, Narada inquired: Are you satisfied by identifying with the body or the mind as objects of self-realization?

PURPORT

This was a hint by Narada to Vyasadeva regarding the cause of his despondency. Vyasadeva, as the descendant of Parasara, a greatly powerful sage, had the privilege of having a great parentage which should not have given Vyasadeva cause for despondency. Being a great son of a great father, he should not have identified the self with the body or the mind. Ordinary men with a poor fund of knowledge can identify the body as self or the mind as self, but Vyasadeva should not have done so. One cannot be cheerful by nature unless one is factually seated in self-realization, which is transcendental to the material body and mind.

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