Veda Vyasa / Krishna Dwaipayana, what do u think, is he an incarnation?

Question

It is logical that a single person cant do such tedious works as done by Vyasa. So do we consider Vyasa as an Incarnation of the Lord Himself.
Do u go with English Scholars version on Vyasa that it is not a single person but many persons over a period of time. If so how r those wrks so similar?
Also what do u think of the works of Vyasa.

Answer 1

While searching the details about Veda Vyasa the following details were obtained from our epics.

VEDA VYASA - This title is common to many old authors and compilers, but it is especially applied to Vedavyasa the arranger of the Vedas, who, from the imperishable nature of his work, is also called Saswatas, 'the immortal.' The name is given also to the compiler of the Mahabharata, the founder of the Vedanta philosophy, and the arranger of the Puranas; all these persons being held to be identical with Vedavyasa. But this is impossible, and the attribution of all these works to one person has arisen either from a desire to heighten their antiquity and authority, or from the assumed identity of several different "arrangers."

Vedavyasa was the illegitimate son of the Rishi Parasara and Satyavati, and the child, who was of a dark colour, was brought forth on an island (dwipa) in the Yamuna. Being illegitimate he was called Kanina, and for his dark complexion he received the name Krishna, and from his birthplace he was called Dwaipayana.

Regarding, if he is a incarnation of Lord Vishnu himself, he is not found as an incarnation in the 10 or Dasa-avatar but his avatar is mentioned as 19th avatar, in the list which includes all uppa-avtaras.

19) VYAS AVATAR (Incarnation as Sage Vyas) : Lord Vishnu took his nineteenth incarnation as Sage Vyasa by taking birth from the womb of 'Satyavati'. His father was sage Parashar. He made the division of Veda, and made extension of its branches. He also wrote eighteen Mahapuranas and the Mahabharata.

Yes it is very difficult to believe that one person arranged all the Vedas and authored such a big epic Mahabharata. So if he is only an incarnation it would have been possible for him the do this massive job-

Answer 2

Rishi Veda Vyasa is a Hindu figure of yore, a divine guru, a luminary of spirituality whose status in Hinduism is equal to that of the gods.The question that a single person cant do such a tedious and detailed works as accomplished by rishi veda vyasa is somewhat logical.he may be the incarnation of god but one thing which i want to say is that the age of such sages at that time,which you may assign, were/are as follows:-
1.satya yug--- age100000
2.treta yug---- age10000
3.dvapara yug---- age1000
4.kali yug---- age 100
so it may be quite possible to write such huge epics.
Appearing anachronistically in numerous texts from the Classic to early Modern period of Hinduism, he plays an important role in not only the literature but the belief of many Hindus. His name means "splitter," as in "Veda Vyasa," or "Splitter of the Vedas," a feat that, according to Hindus, allowed mere mortals to comprehend the grandeur of divine Vedic knowledge.

He is purported to have written the Mahabharata. He is also known as Krishna Dvaipayana (the dark one born on an island) and in many languages (Sanskrit, Hindi) as Rishi Veda Vyaas or, more simply, Vyaas.By most accounts of yore, Vyasa was the grandfather of both the warring parties of the Mahabharat, 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, Vidura, by a serving maid.
According to some accounts he is supposed to have sectioned the Vedic 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 meditation, study of the Vedas, 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.

Answer 3

You may need to give us a lesson in the role of Vyasa, but assuming you are talking about what I think you are, I go with the many persons over a period of time.

Just as the Buddha of the Pali Canon is probably not the Buddha of the prajnaparamita sutras.

Answer 4

Friend,

Persons like Veda Vyas /Valmiki/Vashishta/ Suka etc are not incarnations.They all Enlightened Personalities are in other words they Realised HIM.

They are all called Jeevan Muktaas ( Liberated while with their mortal body).
They carry not normal bodies.That means their bodies are called astral or Taijas sareerams/Ativaahaka Sareerams.There is nothing , they can not achieve in that stage,They Know All and Everything.They can write or speak endlessly for the good of common man , though there is absolutely no need to them.But the want common people to realise and become happy so all their trouble in writing and teaching all that that we have been lucky to see now.

Let us bow to them daily for the great help they did.