Hehe
According to the ever-reliable Wikipedia:
"With more than 220000 (100000 shloka or couplets) verses and about 1.8 million words in total, the Mahābhārata is the longest epic poem in the world."
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"The Mahabharata ... is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India,"
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"About 1.8 million words in total, the Mahabharata is roughly ten times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined,"
Comment: An individual's ability as a poet doesn't define capabilities of a language.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
