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He is also known as Krishna Dvaipayana (the dark one born on an island) and in modern Indian languages is known as Rishi Veda Vyaas or, more simply, Vyaas.

Vyasa: a 'history'

By most accounts of yore, Vyasa was the grandfather of both the warring parties of the Mahabharata, the Kauravas and the Pandavas. He is also the narrator of the story and is said to have asked Lord Ganesh to aid him in writing it down for posterity.

Vyasa was the son of Satyavati, a ferryman's daughter, and the wandering sage Parashara . He was born on an island in the River Yamuna. The father of the princes Dhritarashtra and Pandu (by Ambika and Ambalika, the wives of King Vichitravirya), he also had a third son, ViduraVidura was a son of a maid-servent who served the Queens of Hastinapura, Queen Ambika and Ambalika. The Queens were married to King Vichitravirya of Hastinapur. Their husband died without having children. Vichitravirya's mother Satyavati called upon her o, by a serving maid.

According to some accounts he is supposed to have sectioned the VedicThe Vedas are part of the Hindu Shruti these religious scriptures form part of the core of the Brahminical and Vedic traditions within Hinduism and lay the inspirational, metaphysical and mythological foundation for later Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra and even Bh scriptures into appropriate format for the rest of humanity. His knowledge was supposed to be unique and whatever he knew could only be partially learnt by anyone else, whether by meditationMeditation usually refers to a state of extreme relaxation and concentration, in which the body is generally at rest and the mind quieted of surface thoughts. Several major religions include ritual meditation; however, meditation itself need not be a reli, study of the vedasThe Vedas are part of the Hindu Shruti these religious scriptures form part of the core of the Brahminical and Vedic traditions within Hinduism and lay the inspirational, metaphysical and mythological foundation for later Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra and even Bh, fasting, self improvement, etc.

He is deemed to be the ideal Brahmarishi, omniscient, truthful, purest of the pure and possessor of knowledge of the essence of Brahma.

A sage also named Veda Vyasa (ca. 650-850), obviously deriving the name from the more mythic rishi, wrote the oldest extant and most influential commentary on the Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliThe following is a translation of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali . Book I : Consciousness and Superconsciousness (Samadhi Pada) # Now to explain yoga. Yoga is the cessation nirodha of the modes of mind chitta vritti . Then consciousness takes on its true na called YogaYoga meaning union or yoking in Sanskrit, is the primary focus of Hinduism's diverse religious activities. Yoga is a science of the body, the mind, the consciousness and the soul. Yoga is a teaching of wisdom and knowledge which has been transmitted to ma-Bhashya.