GEMS OF MAHABHARATA What's Not In It, You'll Find Nowhere: Pearls of Wisdom & Eternal Truths from the Longest Epic, Portrayed in Captivating Style by a Behavioral Scientist

by Dr. K. R. S. NAIR

GEMS of MAHABHARATAIs there any piece of world literature that The only answer is the Mahabharata.The very book of Life, the Mahabharata is some fifteen times the combined length of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, and seven times The Iliad and The Odyssey put together. At the same time, it is also "100 times more interesting" than them all, as observed by Wendy Doniger.W.J. Johnson has put it, in the context of world civilization, on par with the Bible, the works of William Shakespeare, the works of Homer, Greek drama, or the Quran. In India, it is called the Fifth Veda. "He who knows it not," said C. Rajagoplachari, "knows not the heights and the depths of the soul"; he misses the real reasons behind the intriguing trajectory of human living.With its magnificent cast of characters, which include not only humans but divine and the demonic as well, and its awe-inspiring narrative, this greatest of the epics has attracted and enchanted centuries of readers and scholars, and has also been re-told umpteen times.A tale of persecution, heroism, and intrigue, Mahabharata covers, as R.K.Narayan observed, every aspect of human life from creation to destruction, is an indelible part of the Hindu culture, and forms a landmark in ancient literature. Its scholarly analysis and creative interpretation of human life and existence fuses the spiritual with the secular. The Mahabharata describes itself as unlimited in both time and space -it is eternal and infinite. And the epic rightly claims (18.5.38) that what is in it may also be found elsewhere but what's not in it, one will find nowhere else. As the great scholar and poet A.K.Ramanujan used to say, no Indian ever hears the Mahabharata for the first time - for centuries it was amidst the Indians in various forms and formats.What makes the present version, which is the first of several volumes, distinct is its critical analysis of the characters and events of Mahabharata from the angle of modern behavioral science, and the valuable lessons churned out from an in-depth study of it.This book, for instance, throws light into certain less-known aspects of the well-known characters like Bhishma, Drona, Duryodhana, etc. and answers questions like the

148 pages, Hardcover

Published December 12, 2021

Reviews

[Jyoti Rajan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gems indeed



The author has effectively complied all the essence and important stories from the Epic and put forth in a very easy and relatable way ... Thank you sir... Wishing you holistic abundance always!!!

[Bella · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

Do many characters and lessons of Mahabharata is portrayed here in a very good way. So many doubts have been cleared.