High above the sky stands Swarga, paradise, abode of the gods.
Still above is Vaikuntha, heaven, abode of God. The doorkeepers of
Vaikuntha are the twins, Jaya and Yijaya, both whose names mean
'victory'. One keeps you in Swarga; the other raises you into
Vaikuntha. In Vaikuntha there is bliss forever, in Swarga there is
please for only as long as you deserve. What is the difference
between Jaya and Vijaya? Solve this puzzle and you will solve the
mystery of the Mahabharata. In this enthralling retelling of
India's greatest epic, the Mahabharata originally known as Jaya,
Devdutt Pattanaik seamlessly weaves into a single narrative plots
from the Sanskirt classic as well as its many folk and regional
varians, including the Pandavani of Chattisgarth, Gondhal of
Maharastra, Terukkuttu of Tamil Nade and Yakshagana of Karnataka.
Richly illustrated with over 250 line drawings by the author, the
108 chapters abound with little-known details such as the names of
the hundred Kauravas, the worship of Draupadi as a goddess in Tamil
Nadu, the stories of Astika, Madhavi, Jaimini, Aravan and
Barbareek, the Mahabharata version of the Shakuntalam and the
Ramayana, and the dating of the war based on astronomical data.
With clarity and simplicity, the tales in this elegant volume
reveal the eternal relevance of the Mahabharata, the complex and
disturbing meditation on the human condition that has shaped Indian
thought for over 3000 years.
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