Every person deviates from the path of righteousness in hisifetime, and for all these sins big or small, he has to pay"either during his presentife or in some future rebirth. So, also, are his good deeds harvested. The cycle of Karma continues inexorably, far beyond our understanding This book takes us beyond the familiar reading of the great epic, moving away from a chronological recounting of events, to focus on the greater scheme of things by which each of these incidents isinked in a causal relationship, and therefore, had to happen exactly the way they did. The story of Mahabharata unravels over aeons, spanning heaven, earth and hell; intricately weaving gods and demons, sages and humans, birth and rebirth all into one majestic tapestry through theaw of Karma"whereby every action reaps its fruit at some point in time, no matter who the doer is. Erring gods are cursed by human sages, great demons earn boons from gods, ordinary folk earn blessings or curses, and gods take birth as humans when so ordained! Mahabharata and the Marvellous Cycle of Boons, Curses and Vows explores the complexity of the greatest epic of all time, and takes the reader far beyond the story of the Kurukshetra war.
| ISBN: | 9789353335472 |
| Publication date: | 20th June 2019 |
| Author: | HA Padmini |
| Publisher: | Rupa Publications an imprint of Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 232 pages |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales |
Every person deviates from the path of righteousness in hisifetime, and for all these sins big or small, he has to pay"either during his presentife or in some future rebirth. So, also, are his good deeds harvested. The cycle of Karma continues inexorably, far beyond our understanding This book takes us beyond the familiar reading of the great epic, moving away from a chronological recounting of events, to focus on the greater scheme of things by which each of these incidents isinked in a causal relationship, and therefore, had to happen exactly the way they did. The story of Mahabharata unravels over aeons, spanning heaven, earth and hell; intricately weaving gods and demons, sages and humans, birth and rebirth all into one majestic tapestry through theaw of Karma"whereby every action reaps its fruit at some point in time, no matter who the doer is. Erring gods are cursed by human sages, great demons earn boons from gods, ordinary folk earn blessings or curses, and gods take birth as humans when so ordained! Mahabharata and the Marvellous Cycle of Boons, Curses and Vows explores the complexity of the greatest epic of all time, and takes the reader far beyond the story of the Kurukshetra war.
Mahabharata and the Marvellous Cycle of Boons, Curses and Vows features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction: Traditional stories, myths and fairy tales
Mahabharata and the Marvellous Cycle of Boons, Curses and Vows is available in Paperback
Mahabharata and the Marvellous Cycle of Boons, Curses and Vows was written by HA Padmini and published by Rupa Publications an imprint of Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd.
Mahabharata and the Marvellous Cycle of Boons, Curses and Vows has 232 pages
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