Yudhisthira... The Man Who Would Not Be God

Mahabharatam a classic in Sanskrit is one of the most long-lived saga of human history. Its story line is beyond any adjectives effects dramatic and its impact on our intellect and values is timeless. The present book is the literary and philosophical appraisal of one of the brightest characters of the epic Yudhisthira. The interpretations follows the footsteps of Yudhisthira and tries to unravel the most intricate weavings of human mind and society to find the brightest crisscross of desires values and limitations and above all the highest religion of humans---------the humanity at large. The name of the book reverberates the glory of being a human. Yudhisthira like any earthly Man faces the ups and downs of life. He gets cuts and bruises he suffers he laments but every defeat every downfall makes him stronger wiser more compassionate and Grand. The grandeur of the epic of the character is this painful journey towards the never attainable perfection of humanity the eternal story of being and becoming. Yudhisthira is a man he cannot be God and the author says that he need not become a God to be more revered and respected. Godliness may depict the ultimate qualities and power but humanity can never be belittled in its comparison. In fact humanity with all its shortcomings is more dear to us more close to our heart and thus it is eternal.