GEMS OF MAHABHARATA What’s Not In It, You’ll Find Nowhere Vol.5: Pearls of Wisdom & Eternal Truths from the Longest Epic, Portrayed in Captivating Style by a Behavioral Scientist

Is there any piece of world literature that -transcends time and space, encompasses every aspect of human living, nature, and the universe? -holds eternal values, survived for over 5000 years, and remains new and a promising ‘work-in-progress’? -a cornucopia of myths, passion, love, hatred, revenge, and all the conceivable emotions? – explores all aspects of spirituality and temporality, creates a code of living, a philosophy of social and ethical living, and explains the law of cause and effect of everything? – and can be passed on from generation to generation as an inexhaustible treasure trove of eternal wisdom? 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. The beauty of this greatest of the epics has attracted centuries of readers and scholars, and it has been re-told umpteen times. What makes the present version, which is the final Volume in a 5-book series, distinct is its critical analysis of the characters and events of Mahabharata from the angle of modern behavioral science, and the valuable lessons it churned out from an in-depth study of it . What was the epoch-making, wisest decision taken in the whole of Mahabharata, and who was credited with it? When was Draupadi’s chastity brought under a cloud of doubt, and why? Post-war, what was the shocking revelation that threw the Pandavas into deep agony in the battlefield? Why did Krishna not interfere with and nullify the curses made by Gandhari and the Rishis on him and his clan, despite his wielding the power to do so? Why did the omnipotent Krishna flee the city of Mathura when attacked by Jarasandha’s army? What is the common thread passing through the stories of Agastya and Bhageeratha? And of Jarasandha and Sisupala? Besides providing answers to the questions like the above, this book will throw light on the working of the law of cause and effect, how dharma protects those who protect dharma, and valuable takeaways on governance, leadership, team working, and other soft skills.. —- ISBN: 9798417763915