Verses for the Brave

Written originally in Sanskrit Yoga-Vasistha is a long philosophical poem in the tradition of the Bhagavad Gita full of stories on superhuman feats and supernatural events. Attributed to Valmiki the verses are in the form of a series of conversations between the sixteen-year-old Rama and the celebrated guru of his family Vasistha.Verses for the Brave is a selection of 218 verses from the Yoga-Vasistha ones that reflect upon the world and life emphasizing the need for balance between involvement in worldly affairs and the motivation to attain liberation. A gorgeous rendition of a significant companion to the Ramayana it offers the heroes of now a philosophy of the past. About the Author Roddam Narasimha was a Padma Vibhushan awardee an aerospace scientist and a fluid dynamicist.