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Respected Swamins/Bhagavathas,

Humble prostrations. About 10 days back there was
a query about Mahabharata-- Who was the first to call
it as the fifth Veda? Is there any pramana or
evidence? I am giving below the information collected
by me .
We all know that Vishnu Sahastranamam is part od
Mahabharatam. It was recited/told by Sri Bhishma to
Yudhistira after the great battle of Kurukshetra. Sri
Parasara Bhattar has written Bhagavath Guna darpanam
which is Bhasyam to the Sahastranamam.
In thr opening sloka Sri Bhattar pays homage to
the great sage Vyasa, the author of Mahabharatham.
namo naaraayaNopetham krishna dwaipayanathmake
yathamushyaayaNa Vedahamahabharathancha
panchaamaha. 
Obeisance to the Lord who took avataram as
KrishNa-dwipaayana (Vyasa) who created the vedas,
among which the Mahabhartha is the fifth.
Parasara Bhattar was the son Kooraththazwan who
was the disciple of Sri Ramanuja. Bhattar was
appointed as successor by Sri Ramanuja himself when he
breathed his last 1137 A.D. So we can say that
Bhattar was the first person to give the title of
fifth veda to the Mahabharatha and the period was 12th
century.
In Vaishnava philosophy we accept Vedas,
Upanishads, Itihasas, Puranaas, Agamas, SriBhashyam,
Smrithis,the entire naalayira divya prabandam, and the
teachings of Sri Ramanujar, Sri Desikan, Sri Mamunigal
and so on as pranama or evidence when anything is
required to be proved under Nyaya sastra. Hence
Parasara Bhattar's Bhashyam may also be taken as
pramanam.

there was another query about Aswattasma-- He was
cursed by Vyasa to suffer from an incurable disease,
i.e, leprosy life-long. But he had the boon of
chiranjeevi already. Perhaps the sage thought that
suffering without end would be worse than Death
itself and hence his eternal suffering. I am not
able to quote authority as I am not having the
original Mahabhartham.
I may be excused for giving something which is not 
convincing.
Dasoham,
T.S. Rajagpalan.

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