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Vyasa Veda Vyasa Krishna Dvypaiana Vyāsa Vyāsa : The term Vyāsa means “an arranger”; Veda Vyāsa is the sage who compiled the Vedas. A son of Rishi Parāsara & Satyavati, he was known Krishna Dvaipāyana – Krishna (for his dark skin) of Dvaipāyana (of the dweepa, island in the Yamuna on which he was born). He composed the Mahābhārata with his trikāla-dhrīṣṭi; hence he himself appears in it (as Valmikie in his Rāmāyana). Sri Aurobindo: “We see no reason to disbelieve that the great sage Vyāsa, possessing supreme Yogic powers, was capable of imparting this divine vision to Sanjaya. If we are not incredulous about the wonderful power Western hypnosis, why should we be incredulous about the power of the great Vyāsa with his incomparable knowledge? In every page of history & in every activity of human life there is available ample evidence that a powerful man can impart his power to another. Heroic men of action like Napoleon & Ito prepared collaborators in their work by imparting their own power to fit recipients. Even a very ordinary Yogin having obtained some special power can impart his power to another for a little while or for a special purpose, what to speak of the great Vyāsa who was the world’s most accomplished genius & a man of extraordinary Yogic realisation.” [Introduction to the Message of the Gita, Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust, 2017, p.53]