MAHARSHI VYAS
An individual's life is reflection of his/her rich traditions, culture, belief systems, codes of conduct which are passed to him through generations. A group of individuals staying together in a specific geographical area have certain general and community based issues, concerns before them viz. food, clothing, shelter… etc. They resolve it using new experiments and/or previous experiences. All these measures then get assimilated, ingrained in the entire community and form base of our customs, beliefs. These customs/beliefs get transmitted from one generation to other and we acknowledge them as our traditions- our culture, heritage. Our Indian culture, proliferating from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, enriches us, guides us in every walk of our life.
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It is only “Maharshi Vyasa” who is accredited for such a glorious, scientifically complete Indian culture covering every subject under the sun.
J³eemee³e efJe<Ceg ªHee³e J³eeme ªHee³e efJe<CeJes~ vecees Jew ye´ïeefveIe³es Jeeefme<þe³eced vecees veceë~~ Meaning : Salutation to Vyasa who is in the form of Vishnu and Vishnu who is in the form of Vyasa and one who is the treasure house of the Vedas. My salutation to one who was born in the noble family of Vasishta. The honour of being equal to Vishnu belonged to Maharshi Vyasa. A story about his birth goes…..when Lord Vishnu uttered the syllable "Bhu", sage Apantaratamas was born who possessed all the
knowledge of Vedas, Upanishadas and Dharmashastras. On Lord Vishnu's behest he was reborn as Vyasa.
remain prevalent through oral transmission too. Vyasa categorised the primordial single Veda into three
It is a well-known fact that Maharshi Vyasa is revered as the
canonical collections viz Rig Veda, Yujurveda, Samaveda.
“Adya Guru”(First teacher). Let me help you with the reasons…..
Maharshi Vyasa along with Sage Mahatharvan convinced the then
The “VEDAS” are considered as earliest literary records of the
society to include Atharva veda as fourth Veda, strongly
Indian civilization. They are the treasure troves containing
advocating that “Science need not be banned simply because a
spiritual knowledge encompassing all aspects of our life with a
few people misused it.”
reason to regulate the social, legal, domestic and religious
Hence he was called Veda Vyasa – “splitter of vedas”
customs of mankind in general. However they were present as a
In order to make the complicated areas from Veda easier to
single book which was proving difficult for the intellect of
understand Maharshi Vyasa wrote volumes on Brahmasutra,
general public to understand and absorb in their minds. It is said
Upanishads, and Shrimat Bhagwad Geeta with 700 Shlokas. He
that in Satyayuga the Vedas were transmitted orally from
wrote story based Puranas. He was the creator of a mammoth
generation to generation. People understood the significance
100,000 stanza (Shloka) volume in Sanskrit titled 'JAYA'. The
and impact of sound, so they never wrote it down. The method
same got carried with the name 'Mahabharata' in the period
of oral transmission through human memory worked in the
thereafter. It was only because of Maharashi Vyasa that this
Satya Yuga when people were of a certain mental caliber. As
ancient knowledge reached us.
yugas came and went, the caliber of the human mind and its memory capacity decreased. So Maharshi Vyasa being a far sighted person immediately decided to compile all the vedas in interest of the further generation to come. He asked Lord Ganapati to scribe it down while he narrated. He also made his shishya (student) Vaishampayan to listen so that it would
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THE BIRTH AND LIFE STORY OF MAHARASHI VYASA The story of Maharshi Vyasa has many emotional facets. It is amusing and captivating because of all the related characters, their behavioural outcomes and the so history formed of Bharatvarsha (Indian subcontinent) A Shloka describes the attributes of Maharshi Vyas,
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Maharshi Vyas was born in lineage of sage Vashishtha, grandson of Sakthi, son of sage Parashar and father of Sage Shuka. As a Guru, he is also considered as Brahma without four heads, Vishnu with just two hands and Shankar (Mahesh) without the third eye on the forehead. According to the Vedic literature, the Universe was created by Brahmadev. Sage Vashishtha is also considered to be created by Bramha. Maharshi Vashishtha was the family mentor for Shree Ram, his father King Dashrathas well as King Harishchandra. How could this happen? Would anyone survive for so many years? Surprising but true. Due to an absolutely pollution free environment, simple and nutritious lifestyle and meditation people used to live for thousands of years. Even today if we accept a lifestyle
similar to the same we can easily live up to the age of 100 years. Maharshi Vashishtha and his wife Arundhatihad a son named Sakhti. Sage Sakhti sired a son, Parashar. While sage Sakhti was travelling, a demon (a king cursed by Sage Vishwamitra) devoured Sage Sakhti. Sage Parashar lost his father at a very early age. Legend goes as, sage Parashar was in the womb of his mother and while still a fetus studied the Vedas. The young Parashar was brought up under the care and tutelage of his grandfather sage Vashishtha. He started to wander in order to earn knowledge. However he was distressed and worried due to the deteriorating systems of the society. He felt that those who understood the religion and those who were responsible for governance were both intoxicated with lust, pride of position and they must be shown a proper path. With this intention and for the dissemination of knowledge he started to travel to provinces far and near. He started to guide people about appropriate paths of life. He was also known as travelling teacher. Though he has not written any books he still is credited for his teachings on “vriksayurveda-science of plants”, Krishiparasaram–book that deals with agriculture, Vishnupurana, Parasharasmriti and also texts on Astrology (hora). During his expedition, he reached the banks of River Yamuna and started to search a way for crossing the river. He met fisherman named Dashraj. Sage Parashar requested Dashraj for help to cross the River. Dashraj told his daughter to help the noble sage cross the river. His daughter was a stunningly beautiful young lady. However her body had a fishy odour and therefore was addressed as Matsyagandha. Sage Parashar was attracted by
the beauty of Matsyagandha and spoke his inclination towards her during the journey. A very romantic and magical story is told about their encounter. Their relationship resulted in birth of their son “Vyasa”. Sage Parashar bestowed her with a unique body fragrance thereby eradicating the fishy smell and got the name “Yojanagandha”. Immediately after Vyasa's birth, sage Parashar left Vyasa with his mother and continued his expedition. While leaving sage Parashar blessed Vyasa to be an eminent sage of great reverence. Maharshi Vyas is known by various names: ? Krishnadwaipayan as an incarnation of Lord Krishna. ? His black complexion got him addressed as Krishna. ? Badarayanas he meditated at Badrikashram
(a ashram full of indian jujube trees) ? Known as Parasharya as the son of sage Parashar. ? Dwaipayan as he was born on Island. ? Known Ved vyas as he reconstituted / diffused Vedas. ? Puranmuni due to creation and dissemination
of Puranas.
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CHILDHOOD VYASA
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eing a traveling Teacher, sage Parashar never stayed with his family. However little Vyasa always used to enquire about his father. His mother used to tell him various stories about the omniscient, knowledgeable Sage Parashar. Reverence for his father got ingrained in Vyasa. Once while Vyasa was just 6 years old, Sage Parashar visited the family. He admired the prodigy of his intellectual son. Right from his birth, Vyasa had a razor sharp mind. Sage Parashar was in awe of his little one. While Parashar was about to leave for his hermitage, Vyasa insisted on accompanying his father to earn more knowledge. However sage Parashar thought it to be inappropriate to carry such a small child on an arduous tour. However considering his insistence and passion for knowledge sage Parashar intiated Vyasa into Bramhacharya, made his disciple and carried him along with him on the expedition.
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Before leaving for expedition Vyasa promised his mother with the words, ”I would be present before you, whenever you need me.” On his journey, he earned the highest knowledge “Brahmagyan” and wrote many volumes on it.
BRAMHACHARYI VYASA After moving with his father, Vyasa started to reside in an Ashram and started living on food provided as alms. This incident is of his very first day to ask for food as alms. “Bikshandehi” was the cry of a small boy for alms. Finding such a cute boy asking for food, people started providing him with enormous amounts offoodgrains, with the best they can. However while returning to ashram he found some poor, starved children on the streets. He gave
away the entire food to them and returned empty handed. This continued for around 3-4 days. His heart was full of compassion for these children. Although he was hungry, Vyasa continued his urge for earning knowledge with full determination. His father sage Parashar noticed all the events and was amazed at boy's strength. He did pour out all his knowledge to Vyasa in short time. At an early age Dwaipayana grew into a man of towering intelligence and knowledge.
VYASA AND MAHABHARATA Maharshi Vyas not only crafted Mahabharata but himself played a pivotal role in the happening. This entire history is extremely interesting and equally creative. Vyasa's mother Matsyagandha-Satyawati started staying with her father after sage Parashar and young Vyasa left for expedition. Once King Shantanu of Hastinapur was on a hunting trip and was attracted to the musk fragrance of Satyawati and expressed his desire to marry her. However Satyawati placed a condition that the children born to her would throne the kingdom of Hastinapur. It saddened Shantanu as he already had a son Daivarat alias “Bheeshma” (from his first wife Ganga), who was next for the throne. Later inorder to fulfill his father's desire, Bheeshma promised Satyawati that he would remain a celibate for his entire life. Further King Shantanu married Satyawati. They had two sons namely Chitrangada and Vichitraveerya. However both of them died childless. Vichitraveerya had three wives namely Amba, Ambikaand Amabalika. Satyawati was in immense grief due to the
death of her two sons. She worried about who would succeed the throne of Hastinapur and how the dynasty will continue further? While Queen Satyawati was emotionally disturbed she was struck with an idea. She recalled the promise given by her very first son Vyasa. She called Vyasa and on his arrival presented him with the issue faced by her. She wanted him to use the Niyog process and create progeny through her three daughter in laws so that the dynasty would continue. Vyasa was totally against this and tried his level best to dissuade his mother from this thought. However it was all in vain. Due to obstinacy of his mother he finally agreed to bless each of them with a son. The story further is still more interesting. The first queen who came forward for the blessing was Ambalika. At the sight of ferocious looking Vyasa she completely turned pale out of fear. Therefore she delivered a son who was pale and was aptly called “Pandu.” With the sight of Vyas, the second of the Queen Ambika closed her eyes tightly and was bestowed with a blind son. His name was “Dhrutarashtra.” The third Queen Amba sent her attendant Parishrama. She approached Vyasa pleasantly and thus was bestowed with a son, a learned one “Vidur.” Sons of Dhrutarashtra were called “Kauravas” and sons of Pandu were called “Pandavas.” The gigantic war between Kaurav and Pandav is the seed of Mahabharata. Further history is better read from originals and is most thrilling.
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VYASA'S LITERATURE
he life mission of Maharshi Vyasa is especially important in connection with the welfare of the human beings gone astray during the Kaliyug. At the start of Dwaparyuga itself, Maharshi Vyasa had personally witnessed the probable conditions (deterioration) during Kaliyug. He felt a huge compassion for the directionless human beings from Kaliyug. He reconstituted a religion for every human being, structured the society and also the behavior of the human beings. Vyas was a prolific author. Reconstitution all the four Vedas, 10 Puranas, Shrimat Bhagwat, Mahabharata, Upanishadas and Bhagwat Geeta have all been penned by Maharshi Vyasa. The credit for positioning Atharvaveda as the fourth Veda goes to Maharshi Vyasa. The mammoth literature by Vyasa clearly signifies the excellence he commanded. We shall now look at some of his literary creations: Puranas Just like Mahabharata, the Puranas are the stories of Gods and Blessed personalities. There are 18 Puranas and 18 sub-Puranas. Puranas also contain geographical descriptions. Here we also find information about earthquakes. The topics covered under the Puranas consist of arms and artillery, deities, decrees/maxims for ruling a state and similarly to Devotion. The Matsya-Purana defines what is meant by Purana. It states as follows :
meie&½e He´eflemeie&½e JebMees cevJevlejeefCe ®e~ JebMeeveg®eefjleb ®ewJe HegjeCeb Heb®eue#eCeced~~ Indian Puranas are literally considered as HISTORY. The stories from Puranas have been narrated so that the philosophy from the Vedas is understood by the common man and he
can apply them to practice. Generally stories are liked by people of all ages. Further the message provided through a story is remembered for a longer duration. Psychologists today say that the young children understand complicated subjects like Mathematics and Science faster if the same are taught in the form of stories. The same experiment has been implemented by Maharshi Vyasa thousands of year earlier. We can therefore understand excellence of Maharashi Vyasa as a Psychologist. Puranas consists of stories about great personalities. Reading these stories, we can create impeccable idols before the children. Maharshi Vyasa wrote 18 Puranas and an equal number of subPuranas. The following Shloka innovatively states the names of all the 18 Puranas.
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BHAGWAT GEETA
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his is an ancient volume connected to philosophical thought. One of the last parts of Vedas is also well known as Geetopanishad. In this volume Lord Krishna has advised Arjuna about life. The volume contains 18 Chapters and a total of 700 Shlokas. This is one of the most important volumes based on philosophy in the history of human beings. The volume has been crafted in poetic form in Sanskrit language. This volume provides the ultimate knowledge to the human being and guides him on ways to lead the life. Bhagwatgeeta is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna held at the start of the epic war in the battlefield at Kurukshetra. Lord Krishna has pacified all the doubts in the mind of Arjuna through this dialogue. Geeta has been provided the apex position of a Lighthouse of the immeasurable ocean of life.
Upanishads Upanishad means to sit in proximity to the Guru and to understand the intricacies of salvation or divine truth. Upanishad literature has dealt with the logical behavior. The Upanishads Ish, Ken, Kanth, Prashna, Mundak, M a n d u k y a , Ta i t t a r i y a , C h a n d o g y a , Brihatkaranya and Nrusimhpurvatapini are
considered as the main ones. These Upanishads arrive at the end of the Vedas and hence they are also called Vedant (End of Vedas). As the Upanishads explain the philosophy of Brahma they are also called Brahmavidya. This literature consists of discussions mainly on topics such as religion, Nature, Soul and the Divine. Some 200 odd other volumes are considered to be inferior Upanishads. Atharvasheersh and Geeta have also been adored as Upanishads. Rigveda has 21 branches, Yajurveda has 109 branches, Samveda has 1,000 branches and Artharvaveda has 50 branches. Mahabharata This is one of the mammoth poetic presentations among Religious, Philosophical and Mythological volumes. Widely acclaimed across the Global literature, Mahabahrata has an indelible impact on the Indian Culture. Bharat, the son of Dushyant and Shakuntala, became the Emperor of Kuru dynasty. Kaurav and Pandav belong to this dynasty. The story of a war between them is Mahabharata. This story of gallantry forms the core of entire Mahabharata. The story starts from the marriage of Kuru dynasty Emperor Shantanu. The narrator of Mahabharata, Maharshi Vyasa is directly connected to the story. Finally when the war ended, the grandfather of Kaurava-Pandav that is Maharshi Vyasa dedicated three years for completion of the script of this epic war story. There is another equally interesting story in this connection also.
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GANAPATI : THE WRITER OF VOLUMINOUS
MAHABHARATA
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ll of us know that Mahabharata is the creation by Maharshi Vyasa.
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Maharshi Vyas wanted to compile Mahabharata to which people can relate and find it relevant forever. Ved Vyasa wanted to preserve it in both forms – oral (shruti) and written (smriti) so that the decreasing mental caliber of human won't stop them from having a proper guidance in life from experiences and morals of eminent heros. He chose his student Vaishampayan for shruti transmission. However preserving the same in written form was not a job of a ordinary scribber. Maharshi Vyas found that it was not possible for him to remember the incidents and also pen them for posterity. Maharshi Vyas approached Brahmadeva. He said, “I intend to write a volume Mahabharata based on my life experiences. I need a writer who can understand the appropriate meaning of every Shloka and then write down the same.” In response to the sage's concern, Brahma suggested him to invoke God Ganesha and pray to him to be your amanuensis. Abiding by Brahma's recommendation, he prayed to God Ganesha who appeared in front of him. Sage Vyasa requested Ganesha to write down the story of Mahabharata
while he narrated. Lord Ganesh being a playful in nature and known to the fact that Sage Vyasa can compose epic at fast pace said, “While I write down, you should not stop the narration. If you stop in between I shall be lose my concentration and the work will not be streamlined.” Maharshi Vyas accepted the condition but said, “While I agree to your condition, you should understand each and every stanza dictated to you. You should write only after the meaning of a Shloka has been understood.” Shri Ganesh also agreed and Maharshi Vyasa started narration of the story. During the narration Maharshi Vyasa found that Shri Ganesh was able to write extremely fast even after understanding the meaning. Hence he started to narrate Shlokas which were more difficult and complicated. This made Shri Ganesha spend more time on understanding and then scribbing it. The period used by Ganesha helped Maharshi Vyasa conceive more information from his memory and keep the next sholka ready. In this way Mahabharata got written. The importance of Mahabharata has not sustained even a minute dent till now. Importance of the story ? Mahabharata is a poetic composition and is not a biography of any one person. It is the history of struggle between Kaurava and Pandav and the victory of religion. We can learn things such as the way to lead our life, which principles need to be imbibed in it by the world, the way through the difficulties and calamities on our arduous route of life and others. The epic also
contain other sub-stories apart from the Kaurava and Pandav ones. Here are some of them: ? Krishnavtar : The entire story of Lord Krishna is from krishnavtarPurana. This contains the activities of Krishna whose character plays a central role in Mahabharata. ? Vishnushasranam: This is a compilation of 1,000 names of Lord Vishnu. This is from the 149th Chapter of AnushasanParva in Mahabhrata. ? The story of Ramayana is depicted in short in AranyaParva of Mahabharata. ? Bhagwatgeeta : Lord Krishna has advised Arjuna and through him the entire human beings about four Yoga pathways namely Devotion, knowledge, meditation and action through Geeta.
Apart from this Bheeshmopadesha and Viduropadesha have also been provided a place in the philosophical treatise in Mahabharata. The characters in Mahabharata such as Bheeshma, Dhrutarashtra, Vidur, Duryodhan, Yudhishthir, Bheem, Arjun, Draupadi, Kunti, Gandhari and others have been portrayed with varied layers of human nature. They are so interesting and theatrical that there cannot be any doubt in the minds of readers about the amazing intellect and proficiency of Maharshi Vyasa. The picture that he has placed before us through the story of Mahabharata has a reflection of a cosmopolitan society and the nature of various segments of the same. When we observe the same we have to agree that this is a unique blending of two
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different cultures namely Vedic and mythological. This then makes us to agree that Maharshi Vyasa was a great innovator and originator of such a blending. Janamejaya, who was a progeny of Hastinapur dynasty, was interested in learning about his ancestors. He expressed his desire with Maharshi Vyasa. Vyasa instructed sage Vaishampayan to narrate the same. Firstly sage Vaishampayan narrated the story in brief to the courtroom of emperor Janamejaya. Afterwards sage Ugrasakhsouti (who was present in the courtroom) narrated the same story during a Yadnya (vedic sacrifice) to other notable sages. This way Mahabharata got disseminated in entire bharatvarsha and abroad.
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Shuka, son and disciple of Maharshi Vyasa was an eminently knowledgeable sage and main narrator of Bhagavata Purana. He is considered as a Sanyasi, renouncing the world in pursuit of Moksh (liberation). Maharshi Vyasa had four disciples whom he taught Vedas accordingly : Paila – Rigveda Vaishampayan – Yajurveda Jaimineya – Samaveda Sumanta – Atharvaveda
MAHABHARATA AND SCIENCE Dear children, Today you are in the process of learning Science. You are delighted at every new invention. However do you know something? Mahabharata has discussed so many subjects and topics. There are topics from Science, medical science, genetics, artificial fertilization, Mathematics and Astronomy as well. All this information has been provided by Maharshi Vyasa and hence one should read the entire information from originals. You can try this! Maharshi Vyas was a scientist par excellence. He gave birth to Pandu and Dhrutarashtra through Niyog process. Used the aborted fetus from Gandhari and created 100 Kauravas through research. He had total knowledge of Chromosomes. Therefore he named them scientifically as Gunavidhi. He has already shown that these are 23 elements in his time. The Science today has accepted the same. Maharshi Vyasa was also proficient in Astronomy. He has mentioned the positions of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto at the time of Mahabharata war under the names Shweta, Shama, and Teevra. It has been proved that the criteria for planets, constellations and stars are same then and now. This shows the divine vision of Maharshi Vyasa. Albert Einstein the renowned scientist in the present era stated that if anyone is carried to the space with huge speed and returns from there, his life will be increased. Maharshi Vyasa has made the same proposition through a story. Kakudmi took his daughter Rewati to Brahmalok for finding a suitable groom for her
and returned after 27 Chaturyug that is 216 years. Still he was alive and Rewati was young as she was. Maharshi Vyasa has also stated the principle that time on every planet is different. We can produce so many instances like this. Whatever we are learning today or researching today has already been written by Maharshi Vyasa. This is the reason he has been revered as Jagatguru. We should definitely be proud of the exemplary genius that Maharshi Vyas was!!! The knowledge from India is the most ancient one in the World. The Indians should take up now to prove this through extensive studies. Chiranjeevi (immortal) : Chiranjeevi are seven immortal living beings in Indian culture who are to remain alive on Earth until the end of the current Kali Yuga. Maharshi vyas is one of them.
DeéelLeecee yeefueJ³ee&mees efyeYeer<eCeë~ ke=ÀHeë HejMegjece½e meHlewles ef®ejpeerJeveë~~ " As hwa ttha m a B a l ir Vya s o H a num a na s h cha VibhishanaKrupacharya cha Parashuramam Saptaita Chiranjeevanam" The seven death-defying or imperishable personalities are Ashwatthama (son of Kaurav and Pandava's Guru Dronacharya), Bali (King of the prosperous and thriving state at Patal, with the fifth incarnation of Lord Vishnu as Waman), Vyasmuni(Author of
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Mahabharata) Hanuman (devotee of Ram) Bibhishan (Youngest brother of Ravana), Krupacharya (maternal uncle of Ashwatthama-Guru of Kauravas and Pandavas), Parshuram (Sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu).They are considered to be still living in our world. Whether Maharshi Vyasa is physically present or not we cannot comment but looking at the volume of literature from him, even today he exists in the form of knowledge and through his writings guiding us the proper way ahead… What should we learn from life of Maharshi Vyas?
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Maharshi Vyasa has really obliged us all by creation of such a magnificent literature. His life is a unique example of how one can use his life for the betterment of humankind through literature, knowledge. We find an appropriate way to behave on every step of life and also during difficulties and calamities. We should surely read the same. The literature of Maharshi Vyasa is available to you in the form and language that you will understand easily. This would be Value Education for you. Maharshi Vyasa has penned excellent biographies in a lilting language. You would better resolve to become one of them…This selfmotivation will mould you further… A Sanskrit literature personality has provided us the gist of entire Maharshi Vyasa literature.
De<ìeoMeHegjeCes<eg J³eemem³e Je®eveܳeced~ HejesHekeÀejëHegC³ee³e HeeHee³e Hejveer[veced~~ Within the 18 Puranas two statements from Maharshi Vyasa are extremely important. To oblige someone (meaning providing him satisfaction, happiness, pleasure) means PUNYA (good deed); to trouble someone (to behave so as to give trouble, sorrow or bad feelings) means PAAP (Sin). Even if we decide to inculcate in us one of the messages of Maharshi Vyasa in our behavior, it would not take much time for anyone of us to become a positive individual. However one must have the tenacity and an urge to learn.
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