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A book about Lord Krishna & his life

978 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

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Shivaji Sawant

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After extensive research he wrote a book Mrityunjay (English: Triumph Over Death) based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat. This book was translated in Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades. In 1980 he wrote a book Chhava based on Sambhaji's life.

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25 reviews6 followers
October 11, 2012
I recently finished reading this novel 鈥淵ugandhar鈥� by Shivaji Sawant the 6th time. But each time I read it, I get a totally new meaning from the same lines n words which I have read twice before. Well, you鈥檒l say that I must have mugged up the atleast 3/4th of the novel uptill now, n that is true! But still when I take it in my hands, I automatically get eager to read it once again, to know whether there is some more of the Krishna which I have not yet understood even after reading so many times...... He Preached so many examples n teachings by first following it himself, the importance of Mother, Friend, Lover, Husband, Brother, King, each n every role played by a human being in his life. Such a different meaning of every small thing .....
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809 reviews269 followers
June 4, 2022
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I finally finished this gem of a book & I can't stop praising it. Originally written in "Marathi" & translated into many Indian languages along with English, this one is a very well researched book with most accurate descriptions of those times.

"Yugandhar"(meaning-Ever Lasting) tells us the story of Lord Krishna's life from childhood to his death. It considers "Krishna" as a normal human being who because of his "karma" ( Deeds) attained an irreplaceable place in everyone's heart.

Told through multiple POVs made it an intriguing read, epitomizing Krishna's glory with miraculous aura. Without being religious & preaching philosophy, it tells you how to live life in the simplest ways possible.

"Love is the only true thing, Love is infinity" says Krishna. Krishna is incarnation of God Vishnu himself.

Sometimes in the past I couldn't understand the perspective of Mahabharata. Being a God, Krishna should have stopped The Mahabharata (the big Indian Mythological war) from happening . Oh boy, could i have been more wrong.

First thing, Krishna wasn't the reason behind the great Indian war that took place at Kurukshetra. He was just an observer. Nothing was missed by his keen eyes. He never even once interfered in the affairs of others. If he hadn't been in the scene at all, the war would have happened much earlier.

Secondly, the war didn't happen just for a single reason or coz of wrong doings of a single person. It was result of multitudes of misconducts happened over a period of decades which lead to the final warfare & ultimate cataclysm.

There is a shloka in Mahabharata roughly translated to - "Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, and a predominant rise of irreligion鈥攁t that time I descend Myself."

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Krishna did what he had to do, what he had promised to do, when he realized the inevitablity of the war. He helped to get Justice for the rightful & punished the wrongdoers & offenders by the means of the war.

I recommend this, if you are interested to know about Krishna & his life & a part of Mahabharata.
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September 5, 2022
Shivaji Sawant is well known name in Marathi literature. I had read his Mrityunjaya, it was a brilliant book. This one took me to another level. I had this book with me for last 4 years. I don't know why I was so lazy to pick this one. Now I am glad I read it. No review of mine can justify this book. This book reminds me of famous scholar Shatavadhani R. Ganesh who composed few lines in praise of Krishna.

啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶椸ぞ啶班 啶啶班じ啷傕い啶苦ぐ啷嵿え啶苦啶た啶む啶掂た啶班い啶苦 啶多啶多さ啶� 啶椸啶啷嬥し啷�
啶班ぞ啶溹啶炧ぞ啶� 啶ぇ啷嵿く啷囙そ啶ぎ啶距え啷� 啶掂た啶掂じ啶苦い啶掂じ啶むた啶� 啶啶班い啷嵿く啶灌 啶啶班ぞ啶`き啷€啶むた啶� 啷�
啶い啷嵿え啷€啶た啶膏啶むぐ啷嵿啶ㄠ 啶� 啶啶班啶熰た啶む啶侧す啷� 啶え啷嵿ぇ啷佮し啷傕え啷嵿ぎ啶む啶むお啷佮い啷嵿ぐ啶距
啶膏啶む啶︵啶啶椸ざ啷嵿 啶啶む啶啶多啶多が啶班ざ啶班き啶掂啶洁お啷嵿く啶距い啷嵿ぎ啶む啶粪啶熰た啶膏啶むさ啶距そ啶膏啶む 啷�

Born within prison walls, separated from parents at birth,
you spent your childhood among cowherds;
You were insulted by kings; constant death-threats; driven out constantly from your own land and country;
Family feuds, cantankerous wives, intoxicated sons
You had to work as a charioteer and die an insignificant death by a hunter's stray arrow,
yet you were so content, self-satisfied!
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46 reviews
July 3, 2014
啶栢ぐ啶� 啶むぐ "啶啶む啶啶傕啶�"啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶氞啶ぞ 啶ぞ 啶啶膏啶む啶距げ啶� 4 stars 啶︵啶ぞ啶啷€ 啶ぞ啶澿 啶侧ぞ啶啷€ 啶ㄠぞ啶灌. 啶ぃ 啶啶む啶啶傕啶啶� 啶え啶距さ啶� 啶囙い啶曕ぞ 啶啶犩ぞ 啶啶∴ぞ 啶嗋す啷�, 啶曕 啶灌 啶啶膏啶む 啶む啶ぞ啶啶⑧ 啶ム啶∴ 啶た啶曕啶� 啶掂ぞ啶熰い啶�. 啶曕啶粪啶`ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶忇 啶ぞ啶`啶� 啶啶灌ぃ啷傕え 啶︵ぞ啶栢さ啶距く啶氞啶ぞ 啶曕啶侧啶侧啶ぞ 啶啶班く啶む啶ㄠぞ啶� 啶む啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶曕啶侧啶侧啶ぞ 啶氞ぎ啶む啶曕ぞ啶班ぞ啶傕啶� 啶掂た啶多啶侧啶粪ぃ 啶曕啶犩啶むぐ啷€ 啶曕ぎ啷€ 啶ぁ啶む. 啶夃う啶�. 啶︵啶班啶う啷€啶氞啶ぞ 啶掂じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啶灌ぐ啶`ぞ啶氞啶ぞ 啶掂啶赤 啶む啶ぞ啶ㄠ 啶むた啶侧ぞ 啶掂じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ啷� 啶曕ざ啷€ 啶啶班さ啶侧 啶灌 啶曕こ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶灌.
啶多た啶掂ぞ啶� 啶ぞ 啶啶膏啶む啶距い 啶げ啶� 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距さ啶� 啶澿ぞ啶侧啶侧ぞ 啶呧え啷嵿く啶距く 啶灌ぞ 啶曕啶粪啶`ぞ啶氞啶ぞ 啶啶た啶曕啶む啶� 啶啶距く啶氞ぞ 啶灌啶むぞ. 啶啶む啶啶傕啶� 啶掂ぞ啶氞げ啷嵿く啶距え啶傕い啶� 啶ぞ啶傕ぁ啶掂ぞ啶傕が啶︵啶︵げ 啶溹 啶班ぞ啶� 啶え啶距い 啶灌啶むぞ 啶む 啶灌 啶曕啶粪啶`ぞ啶え 啶掂ぞ啶氞啶� 啶曕ぎ啷€ 啶灌啶堗げ 啶呧じ啶� 啶掂ぞ啶熰げ啶� 啶灌啶む. 啶ぃ 啶むじ啶� 啶樴ぁ啶侧啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶灌. 啶呧ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶距い 啶灌ぞ 啶啷嵿い 啶ぞ啶澿ぞ 啶啶椸啶оぐ啶距啶∴ 啶啶距く啶氞ぞ 啶︵啶粪啶熰た啶曕啶� 啶澿ぞ啶侧ぞ. 啶忇 啶啶膏啶む 啶啶灌ぃ啷傕え 啶灌 啶呧お啷嵿ぐ啶む啶� 啶嗋す啷�, 啶灌 啶 啶掂啶椸こ啷嵿く啶距え啷� 啶膏ぞ啶傕啶距く啶氞 啶椸ぐ啶� 啶ㄠぞ啶灌啶�.
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10 reviews119 followers
July 14, 2015
Yet another masterpiece by Shivaji Sawant.. This book gives us a different perspective to look at the life of Krishna.. NOT as a HERO or GOD but as a HUMAN who wanted to let people know that the greatest power in the world is love. He considered all living beings as his own beloved. He lived to his teachings by spreading PREMYOG in the then Aryawat. What I loved most about this book is it gave me completely agreeable and practical possible reasons behind the CHAMATKARS by Krishna. The reasons why Krishna loved Arjun and Uddhav more are fascinating. The novel gets a bit slow in between but all in all its worth everything!
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August 12, 2013
Complete life of Shri Krushna written by impeccable hands of Shri. Shiwaji Sawant.
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3 reviews2 followers
September 2, 2012
I felt like believing every word in this book. I am going to reread it soon.
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27 reviews43 followers
October 5, 2024
Unpopular opinion - I think the translation didn't work for me and it felt unorganized for me
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109 reviews14 followers
July 14, 2021
I picked up this book because it had been ages since I read mythology and I missed all those profound lessons and larger than life characters. I have read Mrityunjay by Shivaji Sawant and it was an amazing book. Karna is my favourite from Mahabharata and it was great reading in detail about his life. Yugandhar is about Krishna鈥檚 life, the mastermind behind the Kurukshetra War. I didn鈥檛 know much about Krishna before other than the basics and was looking forward to Shivaji Sawant鈥檚 narration of his life. This edition was translated by his daughter Kadambini Dharap.

I had two images of Krishna in my mind 鈥� one was the innocent, naughty boy who loved milk and milk products and the other was the manipulative adult who never gave a straight answer but made sure things worked out in a way that he had planned. From Amar Chitra Katha comics and the oral stories that we hear in our homes, I liked the baby Krishna and kept my distance from the adult one. This book is told from six perspectives. We start with Sri Krishna and his childhood 鈥� his pleasant life in Gokul which is filled with love, laughter, and companionship. His platonic relationship with Radha, his first sakhi, is described here. The characteristic peacock feather which adorns Krishna鈥檚 crown is placed there by the loving Radha. The Vaijayanti flower garland which he wears always is also given by her. This part of Krishna鈥檚 life is the ideal childhood. He leaves Gokul for Mathura and annihilates his evil uncle, Kansa and liberates his biological parents and the dwellers of Mathura from Kansa鈥檚 demonic clutch. Balaram Dada, Krishna鈥檚 elder brother is with him all along. Then comes along Jarasandha and his constant attacks on the city of Mathura which is cradled by the Yamuna river. Krishna鈥檚 life moves ahead with several incidents most of which consist of eliminating the tyrants from Bharatvarsha. The most crucial amongst these fights of 鈥榞ood vs evil鈥� is without a doubt the war of Kurukshetra war which was fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas where more than 40 lakh soldiers and several royal members of the Kuru clan lost their lives. Bhagvad Gita, which is one of the Holy Scriptures in Hinduism is told by Krishna to a disheartened Arjun on the battlefield. Krishna justifies the war with several reasons, but I think there could have been ways of averting the war and still ensuring justice in a peaceful manner given that he was an avatar of a God and very powerful.

We meet Rukmini, Daruka, Draupadi, Arjuna, Satyaki, and Uddhava in the book. Their voices are distinct and it is refreshing to see Krishna鈥檚 life in patches through these different people who were close to his heart. However, because of a multi-perspective approach, some things get repetitive. Some interesting things that I learnt from this book: The golden city of Dwarka was beautiful and so very well planned. Krishna was a Jalapurusha, someone who is very adaptable like water and also who likes water. Two other Jalapurusha鈥檚 in his age were Bhishma and Karna. Along with Bhagvad Gita, there is also something called as Ashwa Gita which consists of Krishna鈥檚 conversations with his horses of the Garudadhwaja chariot. The end of the Yadava clan was also something I had no idea about. The concept of Krishnasopana was amazing 鈥� having a staircase with each step dedicated to someone close in his life. Premayoga, which was Krishna鈥檚 guiding philosophy, made sense to me.

Today, I assert that the essence of life is Premayoga. Love has no limit. It is endless. The human race has been created only for spreading love. Hatred comes to an end. When one person hates another, that hatred ends with the death of the other person. In short, hatred ends at some point of time. Till it comes to an end, the individuals, castes, groups and kingdoms on both sides suffer tremendous irrecoverable loss. That is not the case with love. The more one gives love, the more it multiplies. It never gets reduced by giving.

I enjoyed reading the book but it took me very long to finish it so by the end I was just waiting to get it over with. I am sure that the original Marathi version is much more impactful. Nevertheless, I am really thankful that I got to read it in English. The book, like Krishna鈥檚 life, is grand and filled with many thoughtful proclamations.

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10 reviews5 followers
February 28, 2020
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啶啶椸啶оぐ 啶灌ぞ 啶多た啶掂ぞ啶滐拷锟斤拷 啶膏ぞ啶掂啶� 啶栢啶� 啶啶班ぞ啶ぞ啶`た啶� 啶啶班く啶む啶� 啶嗋す啷�. 啶ぞ 啶さ啷嵿く 啶曕啶む啶膏ぞ啶犩 啶侧啶栢啶距啷� 啶嗋き啶距ぐ 啶ぞ啶ㄠぞ啶掂 啶むた啶む啷� 啶ム啶∴啶�.
啶ぃ 啶曕啶粪啶� 啶囙い啶曕ぞ 啶さ啷嵿く 啶嗋す啷� 啶曕 啶曕た啶む啶灌 啶啶犩ぞ 啶侧啶栢 啶呧じ啶侧ぞ 啶むぐ啷€ 啶む啶班啶熰 啶灌啶ぞ 啶嗋げ啷嵿く啶距!

啶曕ぞ啶灌 啶椸啶粪啶熰 啶栢啶曕い啶距い.
啶曕啶粪啶`ぞ啶侧ぞ 啶ぞ啶`啶� 啶啶灌ぃ啷傕え 啶ぞ啶傕ぁ啶侧啶侧ぞ 啶ぞ啶班じ啶� 啶班啶氞い 啶ㄠぞ啶灌.
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啶曕啶粪啶`ぞ啶ぇ啶侧ぞ 啶多た啶掂ぞ啶溹 啶膏ぞ啶掂啶� 啶ぞ啶傕啶� 啶啶︵啶оぞ 啶囙い啶曕ぞ 啶啶班き啶距さ啷€ 啶掂ぞ啶熰い 啶ㄠぞ啶灌.
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啶ぞ啶傕ぁ啶掂ぞ啶傕お啷嵿ぐ啶む啶氞ぞ 啶呧啶∴啶ぃ啶�, 啶曕ぐ啷嵿ぃ啶距さ啶苦し啶啶氞啶ぞ 啶曕げ 啶︵た啶膏い啷�.

啶曕ぞ啶灌 啶ぞ啶む啶班, 啶膏啷€ 啶啶灌ぃ啷傕え 啶︵啶班啶う啷€, 啶曕啶粪啶`ぞ啶氞ぞ 啶氞啶侧い 啶啶о 啶夃う啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶栢啶� 啶涏ぞ啶� 啶溹ぎ啶侧 啶嗋す啷囙い.
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1,084 reviews63 followers
April 29, 2023
啻� 啻祦啻膏祶啻む磿啻む祶啻む纯啻侧祩啻熰祮 啻多祶啻班祤啻曕祪啻粪祶啻� 啻礂啻掂淳啻ㄠ祶啻编祮 啻幢嗟嵿幢嗟娻窗嗟� 啻班祩啻串啻距矗嗟� 啻曕淳啻`淳嗟� 啻曕创啻苦疮嗟佮磿. 啻掂闯啻班祮 啻掂祶啻搐嗟嵿疮啻膏祶啻む串啻距疮 啻呧吹啻む窗啻`磦 啻掂淳啻川啻曕祶啻曕淳啻班祮 啻纯啻熰纯啻氞祶啻氞祶 啻囙窗嗟佮搐嗟嵿搐嗟佮磿啻祦啻� 啻垂啻距喘啻距窗啻む疮嗟佮处嗟嵿揣啻掂祦啻� 啻呧搐嗟佮串啻距疮啻� 啻川嗟嵿揣啻祶啻祮啻熰祶啻� 啻床 啻膏磦啻吹啻權祶啻權闯嗟佮磦 啻多祶啻班祤啻曕祪啻粪祶啻� 啻溹川啻ㄠ磦 啻祦啻む到 啻膏串啻距揣啻� 啻掂窗嗟嗋疮嗟佮闯嗟嵿闯 啻曕淳啻班祶啻礄嗟嵿礄啻赤祦啻� 啻掂闯啻班祮 啻掂祶啻磿嗟嵿搐啻掂祦啻� 啻膏祶啻捶嗟嵿礋啻掂祦啻淳啻纯 啻呧吹啻む窗啻苦椽嗟嵿椽啻苦礆嗟嵿礆啻苦窗啻苦磿嗟嵿磿嗟佮川嗟嵿川嗟�.
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13 reviews13 followers
August 10, 2016
A beautiful book, Yugandhar depicts the life of Sri Krishna through the various phases in his life. The book is split into chapters, each chapter being narrated by important individuals in his life, in first person. This gives different perspectives, since the range of people includes his beloved wife Rukmini and his saarthi (charioteer) Daruk.
Apart from giving a fairly detailed account of his life, it also had a surprisingly calming effect, and left my feeling rather peaceful even after reading as little as two pages.
Highly recommended to anyone who can read Hindi.
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25 reviews2 followers
March 1, 2013
Stunned by Marathi literature. The layers, the depth, the characters. A book which is NOT a page turner. Quite the opposite,You savour it, taking in all that is laid out for you with a painstaking deliberateness.

Being an atheist, I found this book extremely enjoyable and was absolutely delighted when the author proclaimed that all the characters are too be viewed as fallible, human rather than the gods they are.

Must read for All and especially Maharashtrians.
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March 1, 2015
Yugandhar- is a brilliant piece of work from Shivaji Sawant. Author tries hard to contain the protagonist within human sphere but also surrenders to the divinity at appropriate places. Immense detailing takes the reader into that era. It is a long long piece of text but something worth having and passing onto generations.
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4 reviews5 followers
February 10, 2014
just simply says miraculous story of krishna with human touch to it .. fall in love
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126 reviews
April 14, 2023
What can I say about this masterpiece ! A truest and most authentic depiction of my beloved Kanha 鈾ワ笍鈾ワ笍
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January 31, 2021
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May 27, 2021
An epic by Shivaji Sawant in which he has tried to describe the life and thoughts of Krishna in about a 1000 pages. The book is written in first-person narrative, but the narrator keeps changing. Shivaji Sawant has divided the life of Krishna in 7 broad phases and each of this phase has been narrated by an individual who played a key role in that phase:

1. Krishna narrates his own childhood
2. Rukimini, the first wife of Krishna talks about the next phase of Krishna鈥檚 life
3. Daruk, the charioteer of Krishna, narrates the 3rd phase
4. Draupadi, wife of the Pandavas, takes us through the next phase
5. Arjun talks about the 5th phase which majorly revolves around the battle of Mahabharata
6. Satyaki, a warrior in the Yadava army, narrates the final phases of the battle of Mahabharata
7. Uddhav, a cousin and the closest friend of Krishna, narrates the final phase of Krishna鈥檚 life

One of the most important aspects of this book is that Krishna isn鈥檛 described as a supernatural being or God, but as an extraordinary human being, a charismatic leader and a philosopher-warrior. The book describes how he takes up many roles during his entire lifetime, and how every person he gets in touch with gets to understand only a part of him. In the end, the reader is left trying to weave all these parts of him together to try and figure out who Krishna was and why he did the things he did.

For me, the book started with Krishna being an enigma and I ended up with Krishna being even more of an enigma than he was before I started reading the book. Though I was much more aware about the events which take place in his life, but I couldn鈥檛 really understand the entire personality, which is also the note at which the book ends 鈥� Uddhav asking himself if anyone actually understood who Krishna really was.

It鈥檚 difficult to imagine the sheer effort, understanding and knowledge which would have gone into creating this book. Needless to say, it demands a lot of time and effort to read as well.
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September 28, 2024
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230 reviews5 followers
July 27, 2024
4.5/5

A beautiful read. The only part that bored me a bit was the description of Krishna's children narrated in Uddhav's chapter. As such the names are all so confusing and they do not appear again in any significant way except for one. Otherwise a very good flow of Krishna's life at various stages through the characters present in those stages of his life - Krishna, Rukmini, Daruk, Draupadi, Satyaki, Arjun and Uddhav. I gave this a 0.5 points less because I liked Mrityunjay a bit better.
57 reviews1 follower
October 28, 2024
I read the translation in English by Kadambini Dharap.
The translation is excellent and I enjoyed reading the book very much. There were so many details that I didn't know about.
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237 reviews16 followers
August 9, 2020
The only reason I am rating it 3 is for the idea and the original text. This translation is a major let down and does not do one bit justice to the original composition.

Shivaji Sawant does a wonderful job of describing Sri Krishna the orchestrator of the entire Mahabharata, his motives, his life and his kingdom. But much is lost in this English translation and I felt a lot was left desired for.

The excessive veneration for Lord Krishna and even more excessive is the adjectives used for most characters, that puts me off. This translation is dealt with as a holy text and not as a Novel and that's the major let down. I am not reading about Krishna the God but Krishna the human with a lot of clarity about life, politics and valour.

This translator treats it with reverence but this book could have been handled better. I wish the publisher had managed to stop when they could.

Leaves me disappointed, this translation.
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1 review4 followers
September 24, 2013
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啶灌ぞ 啶忇 啶多ぞ啶啶︵た啶� 啶氞ぎ啶む啶曕ぞ啶� 啶嗋す啷�.
8 reviews
July 27, 2016
Can't find any words to review this book. This book has somewhat changed my thinking about Indian religion and Gods. Even the Gods have to obey all the natural laws when they come to this planet as an Avatar. Even they have to face good times and tough times just as we do. So why should we complain.?All we can do is to keep doing our Karma and leave the result on the almighty. After reading this book I feel so blessed to know how to read Hindi .
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2 reviews
December 21, 2018
Its a story of SriKrishna told by himself and persons close to him Rukmini, Daruk , Arjun , Draupadi ,Satyaki and Uddhav. I i immersed myself into the life of Srikrishna as i read the book and enjoyed it.
Its a masterpiece.
1 review
May 5, 2013
It gives a different perespective to see our own life in different way
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