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Today [13th February 2008] also introductory remarks. Vyasa, who composed Mahabharatam epic, is credited with grouping of Vedas into Rig, Yajur, Sama and Atharvana and so he is called Vysa. Parasara, father of Vyasa, tells his disciple Maitreya, that he praises his son Vyasa, who is called Krishna Dwaipayana, not because he is his son, but as the incarnation of Sriman Narayana. He hails from a glorious family. Sage Vasishta was his great grand father, sage Shakti was his grand father and sage Parashara was his father. Not only that. His son was sage Sukha, always referred to as Sukha Bramham. When after the war, Yudhishtra was very much perturbed, Vyasa tried to console him, in vain. Then Vyasa asked him to seek advice from Bheeshma, on the arrow bed in Kurukshetra, when Yudishtra was fortunate to hear Sri Vishnu sahasranamam. So, in a way Vyasa was tha catalyst for this jewel in the great epic. Bheeshma was Vyasa's dear disciple.