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| Title | : | Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust |
| Author | : | Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 251 pages |
| Published | : | January 15th 1978 by ORIENT PAPERBACKS (first published February 1963) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Mythology. Literature. Marathi. Fiction. Classics. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Cultural. India. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
Paperback | Pages: 251 pages Rating: 4.06 | 3852 Users | 223 Reviews
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The story of Yayati is perhaps one of the most intriguing and fascinating episodes of Mahabharata. Yayati was a great scholar and one of the noblest rulers of olden times. He followed the shastras and was devoted to the welfare of his subjects. Even the King of Gods, Indra, held him in high esteem. Married to seductively beautiful Devyani, in love with her maid Sharmishtha, and father of five sons from two women, yet Yayati unabashedly declares, My lust for pleasure is unsatisfied. His quest for the carnal continued, sparing not even his youngest son, and exchanging his old age for his son s youth.
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| Original Title: | ययाति |
| ISBN: | 8122204287 (ISBN13: 9788122204285) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Jnanpith Award (1974) |
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Ratings: 4.06 From 3852 Users | 223 ReviewsCriticism Regarding Books Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust
I grew up, like most kids in India, on a steady diet of tales from Ramayana and Mahabharata and their allied tales. I still remember going up to my grandfather once he had finished listening to the news at 9 and asking him to continue with these tales. He must have told them to me innumerable times and yet I never got tired of listening to his soft melodic voice reciting it, so much so that even today when I read a tale from either of these two mythological stories, I remember him and miss him aA tale of love and lust. Great work of fiction. Although the author has departed from the original story of Yayati as given in Mahabharata and Puranas, but he makes it clear at the outset that it is a work of fiction and only the names of characters have been taken from Mahabharata.Through this enchanting book, the author gives his perspective on various philosophical things like love and lust, life and death, good and evil etc. He finally concludes that the best way to live happily and
Story - First half of the novel is much better than the second half. I kept hoping that the main character will rise to the call of his duty, but he doesn't. He keeps taking one foolish decision after another.Writing style is really good. Some lines were worth pondering upon!
Though not accustomed to reading Hindi novels, this book caught my interest once I started reading, on my mother's recommendation. This is book is fairly old piece as it was written 7 decades ago(I reckon), and yet, it could be related by every man and his life. The story is a vicarious account of what a young man(King Yayati) feels about life, of his endless desire of pleasure, his unrequited love, his insular might, of how he treads into indulgence and how he wonders if his life has any
Power, Pleasure and Human is the combination which travels the heights of mountain and depth of valley. This book is a must read for understanding relevance of ancient in modern times.
I read this book by reading many reviews on net about it. But when I finished it, I found it not upto the mark as that of Mrityunjaya and Panipat.
This has been a book seeking my attention for almost a couple of years due to its title and mythological connection.And how I loved unwrapping this sub-story from Mahaharata - even as a stand alone tale.Lots of food for thought. Especially in Kacha's wise words about controlling youre senses and abstaining from materialistic desires... Which was in contrast to Mandar's hedonist philosophy of indulging in all kinds of pleasures as you have only one life.The underplaying dilemma on Yayati's mind
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