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“No empire lasts forever, no dynasty continues unbroken. Some day, you and I will be mere legends. All that matters is whether we did what we could with the life that was given to us.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Three

“The only way to speak of death is flippantly. Death is what makes life ironical – it eludes you when you want it the most, and seeks you out when you desire it the least. Perhaps, if we manage to perfect our longing for death, we may even become immortal ...’

- Govinda Shauri in Govinda: The Aryavarta Chronicles Book 1”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Govinda

“When you don't know what moves a man, you can't foresee his actions”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Govinda

“A man is not defined by one allegiance alone... If he were, then reason would have no value, nor would loyalty have meaning.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kaurava

“… the greatest mystery, the greatest wonder of creation is that we are capable of both relentless reason and boundless love ... It is not about what we are, but what we can become.
– Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“I am death; I am this blood, these ravaged lands, and this wanton destruction.
– Panchali Draupadi”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“I, on the other hand, felt as I always have, like I were water seeping from a broken pot; I existed but had no form to hold me in place.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Three

“Every poison is known by its antidote.”
― Krishna Udayasankar

“No one person is the cause for or consequence of all that happens. I am just the tenth man, the threshold, the turn in the tide. I stand here on the shoulders of humanity, a mere instrument of Time.
– Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“There are no such things in life as compromises without resentment, only delayed reactions.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Objects of Affection

“Kill them. Kill them all. Remind the world what it means to be Arya. Remind the world what it is to walk with the gods.
– Syoddhan Kauravya”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“It is easier to not know than to not comprehend, for not knowing implies that the world is large, and that is a fact. Not comprehending is a far more personal fault.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Three

“We cannot choose who we love. We only choose how to live with the pain that comes of it.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Objects of Affection

“The more we prepare for war, the more we make it a reality. Yet, it would seem, to prepare for war may also be the best and possibly the only way to avoid it.’
– Govinda Shauri, The Aryavarta Chronicles - Kurukshetra”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“Men like you and I make myths, we weave stories to sanctify the life that has been given to us. But not Govinda. Men like him don’t make myths; they make destiny.
– Kshatta Vidur”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“To preserve one notion of goodness and righteousness you destroy another. To uphold one principle you sacrifice another.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Govinda

“For too long now divinity and destiny have legitimized what reason and compassion would not. An individual for a family, a family for the kingdom, a kingdom for an empire... And now – an empire for humanity.
– Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“We are at war. There will be scars.
– Uttara Vairati”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“resembling a stylized lotus. Inside the circle, in proportions”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Govinda

“Peace is one thing, revolution is another. You were either impatient or highly optimistic to think one would lead to the other.
– Panchali Draupadi.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“We remain on the ground. We have no concept of up, for our
reality lies below. It is how life works. This too shall pass.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Objects of Affection

“corner, an empty shell that is merely”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Objects of Affection

“A new age dawns, Uttara. The Wheel of Time has turned. Not too long from now – hopefully in our lifetime – Aryavarta will be a janapada, a realm ruled by its people, the largest such in the world!
– Abhimanyu Karshni”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“His strides are the only evidence he exists, and so he wanders,
lost in a city that he has always called home.

Our creased hides and limp tongues attract neither fashionable
eye nor futile envy, and we no longer feel the burden of his
entire weight, though his heart is heavier than it was.
Sometimes we stop, and he looks with longing at the stars
overhead.

We remain on the ground. We have no concept of up, for out
reality lies below. It is how life works. This too shall pass.”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Objects of Affection

“Without love, we would not comprehend compassion.
- Govinda Shauri”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“You… are the symbol of the revolution that will transform Aryavarta; you are the one who has brought us to this.
– Panchali Draupadi”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“What does it matter who is ruler of a realm that no longer exists?”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Three

“Noble though it may be, our way of life is nothing but servitude. It does not take long for servitude to turn to subjugation.
– Shikandin Draupada”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“The Wheel of Time spins: there is beginning and there is end. But why does the Wheel of Time spin? Is it some divine force that propels it? Or is that force humanity, people in search of change and a better way of life?
– Asvattama Bharadvaja”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra

“Kill them. Kill them all. Remind the world what it means to be Arya. Remind the world what it is to walk with the gods.
– Syoddhan Kauravyaw”
― Krishna Udayasankar, Kurukshetra