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I was spellbind while reading Mrityunjaya by Shivaji Savant a very well known Marathi writer. Till now I’m finding it difficult to comprehend my thoughts about this excellent work.

I’ve read many novels on Mahabharata but after Randamoozham by MT Vasudevan Nair , Mrityunjaya is the best book I’ve read on Mahabharata. In fact words falls short for describing such a magnificent work.

Mrityunjaya is originally written in Marathi by Shivaji Savant but for non Marathi readers this excellent book is also translated in other languages like English, Hindi, Kannada and Gujarati. However presently, I think only English, Gujarati and Hindi translation are available along with Marathi of course.

The author Shivaji Savant has written Mrityunjaya in an autobiography style about the most unsung and most complicated character of Mahabharata, Karna, the abandoned son of Kunti and God Sun.

The style in which Shivaji Savant has presented this autobiography of Karna is remarkable. It is not only Karna who is telling his life story but other characters like Kunti , Shon his foster brother, Vrishali his first wife, Duryodhan, and Krishna also adds to the narration from time to time thus drawing a whole new canvas of Mahabharata.

The book starts with Karna which is carry forwarded by him and other characters and receives a fabulous end by Krishna. I don’t want to go into details as it will take away the charm of the book in case if you are having a firing desire to read it.

Feelings of all the characters towards Karna has been emoted remarkably well by Shivaji that it touches the bottom of the heart. Guilt of Kunti, Secret love of Draupadi, trust of Dhritrashtra, respect of Krishna, devotion of Vrishali towards Karna all came out very well.

Different emotions of Karna were also well traced. His dilemmas and crossroad at which he find himself at various points in life, his repentance for insulting Draupadi during gambling, and jealousy for Arjuna.

But the most outstanding feature in the novel is its revolutionary thinking of Shivaji finds way in the book through Karna. In our society, caste and status is given more importance then the nature of the person. Karna was the hapless victim of this bias thinking of the society which Shivaji questions.

Verdict: It is a must read for all the lovers of Indian mythology genre readers. Your collection of books on Indian Mythology and specially Mahabharata is incomplete without this book. It is an evergreen classic.

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Mrityunjay is a Marathi book by Shivaji Sawant which is the Mahabharata from Karna’s point of view.

Karna is a very interesting character in the Mahabharata. He is the son of the Sun God who is abandoned at birth who later fights his own brothers in the great war which lasted for eighteen days. He was raised by a lower caste member of the society and he had identity issues since almost all of his life.

Karna is often considered as a rogue, but that is people’s perception. The original book does not portray any character in any light other than neutral. The writer does a very good job at carrying this mantle forward. Karna is neither glorified nor vilified. This is a literary achievement because there are books which have failed at this.

As a story, The Mahabharata needs no introduction, it is the greatest story ever told among all the known stories. Such is the greatness of this story that the content that adorns the sacred text of Shrimad Bhagwad Gita was narrated by Lord Krishna to Arjuna at the battlefield within half an hour. And Shrimad Bhagwad Gita is an epic in it’s own right.

The Mahabharata has thousands of characters and it is perhaps the only story where entire books can be written on individual characters.

You should read the unabridged Mahabharata at least once in your life and when you do, please try to read it in native Indian language and not in English.

Upon reading the Mahabharata, one can read other books like Mrityunjay/Palace Of Illusions which are the story told from the point of view of one character.

Mrityunjay is one fine example of contemporary literature based on the Mahabharata. It is a deeply touching book which does an extremely good job at portraying the life and time of Karna. You laugh, smile, shudder and at times cry when Karna goes through his life. There is immense foreshadowing which will make you smile. Just the sheer story telling made me fall in love with Shivaji Sawant, the author.

When it comes to story telling (not the plot), this book equals books like Harry Potter and Millennium.

Here is a gist of the main learnings from the book:

• Marathi books are awesome. This book has ‘Point of View’ style chapters just like A Song of Ice and Fire (GoT) has and it was written in 1960s! This is the first Marathi book I read. Although it took me a lot of time to finish, I was never bored for a single page.
• Life is gray. There is no right or wrong. It is never a single persons mistake. We all have a collective responsibility towards both success and failure.
• Never be an idiot.  Karna is an idiot when he accepts living a life in Duryodhana’s debt. But at the end of the day, it was his ego which got in the way. He was an idiot and he paid a price for it.
•  Stand up for injustices that you see. Draupadi’s Vastraharan was a watershed moment in Mahabharata and I was disappointed to know that Karna hadn’t interfered.
• Be suspicious of people when they are good to you for no apparent reason: Don’t assume that their intentions are good. This is what he did when Lord Krishna/Draupadi came to him just before the war. Draupadi’s intentions are unclear and this is the beauty of Mahabharata. She could either be the evil woman who wanted to save her other sons (Pandavas) or she was the mother who was pained that she had to abandon Karna at birth and during all his life and didn’t want his sons killing each other, but her timing is suspicious and Karna nailed it well by sticking to Duryodhan.
•   Pride brings your downfall.     Karna is a prime example of having everything in your life yet fucking it all up in a magnificent way. It was his pride and ego which drove him to Duryodhan at first, but later, it was his humility which kept him with Duryodhan despite the fact that Duryodhan was actually wrong in many ways.
• Everything is fair in love and war. Lord Krishna/Draupadi make a last attempt to avoid the war by telling Karna his real identity just before the war. We can’t judge them as everything is fair in love and war. When I read the book, I felt that it was a cheap attempt, but this is the beauty of Mahabharata, the book grew on me. There is nothing wrong in Kunti or Lord Krishna going to Karna to avoid the war.
• Your temperament matters more than your skills. Karna could easily have killed the Pandavas but he was an idiot when he gave the “mercy to her kids” boon to Kunti. This is where Karna proved that he was good at heart despite his obvious flaws. Despite the fact that he was right in not dumping Duryodhan for uniting with his family at the eleventh hour, he did give mercy to her other sons except Arjuna, his arch nemesis. His temperament makes him great and his pride & ego which drove him to defeat Arjuna at all costs make him a bad person. But then again, he wasn’t really magnanimous otherwise he would have given the life boon to Arjuna as well, this wasn’t the first time he let his ego overpower his heart. One real life example would be the much hated Adolf Hitler. Despite the fact that he transformed the economically collapsed Germany into Europe’s war machine, his feeling of ‘superior genes’ and his pride brought down his downfall.
• Life always has a larger scheme of events . We usually do not look at the large picture. Humans are busy in their little problems which are miniscule and often turn into horrific things in the long-term. We are almost always oblivious to the larger scheme of events. Draupadi’s ‘Vastraharan’ led to the war, Draupadi’s insulting laugh on Duryodhan in the Indraprastha lead to the ‘Vastraharan’. We should not be mean to others for they will take revenge. Stop focusing on your problems, you aren’t sad because your life has problems, you are sad because of your inability to solve those problems. No matter how much anyone hates Karna, please realize that he went to Heaven while Pandavas went to hell. Just because you have a God at your side doesn’t guarantee that you go to heaven. Karna died in the Kurushetra which is why he went to heaven while Pandavas went to hell. Hitler’s example again. When the first bombs fell on Berlin, in his usual arrogance, Hitler abandoned his well though strategy of bombing RAF’s airbases and started bombing London. Churchill made good on this and manufactured small airplanes which lead the Hitler’s downfall.
• Everyone has ulterior motives     At the first faceoff between Karna and the Pandavas, Duryodhana is kind to Karna because he realizes that he can easily beat Pandavas if Karna is at his side. This is why everything happens and Karna is put in Duryodhana’s debt for life and Karna is too gullible that he doesn’t see the politics behind Duryodhana’s kindness.
• Never take permanent decisions on temporary feelings. At the same faceoff mentioned in the above point, Duryodhana makes Karna the king of Aang kingdom because he is angry at others who are trying to insult him because of his lower social status. That one incident shifted the balance of power towards Duryodhana.
• Never abandon your friends. Karna is told his lineage just a few days before the war by both Lord Krishna and Kunti. Kunti asks him to come to the Pandavas side to avoid bloodshed. But Karna refuses both Lord Krishna and Kunti. He sticks to Duryodhana. Although he was wrong to support Duryodhana in the first place, he is noble in not stabbing the only friend he had in his entire life in the back at the first chance he got. I respect his decision.

P.S. I have stopped rating books out of 5 because there is no point in doing so. Reading a book or watching a movie for that part, is an inherently personal experience which can’t be quantified in numbers.

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Even I find it impossible to measure the depth of his heart. …..

This is what Krishn has to say for the only warrior who got cremated by his hands..Karn.

Karn, the Suryaputra (Son of God) who spends his whole life being mocked as Sutputra(Son of Charioteer).

Karn, the Jayshtha Kauntya(Eldest Son of Kunti, the queen mother) who is better known as Radhay(Son of Radha,a common woman)

Karn who was equally admired and loved by Panchali (The Empress) and Vrishaali( The Common Woman)

Karn, the invincible, born with a sheath which could never be penetrated is the most soft hearted philanthropist;

Karn,the one who never returned anybody from his door empty handed but could never fill up his own hands .

Karn, is an enigma who was gravelly misunderstood but was expected to empathize with all situations and human beings.

Karn is a puzzle I am still trying to solve and yet could only get a fair bit of Idea after reading this book.

To read Mrityunjay and to understand it’s protagonist, the foremost requirement is to be passionate enough for the character. This is where my thoughts meet exactly the author of the Book Shivaji Sawant. When I read the prelude of the book I could actually identify with with Shivaji’s passion and respect for the eldest illegitimate son of Kunti. He wrote this book at the age of 27 but he clearly says that Karn was his childhood hero right from the times he had acted the role of Krishn on a stage play. He found himself trapped under the magnificence of the character of Karna Finally he wrote on him and the book was released in 1967 in Marathi and later on translated in Hindi and English.

The book shows the perspective of all main protagonists in the novel, mainly of course Karn and all the others involved with him like Kunti, Duryodhna , Shon, Vrishaali and eventually Krishn.

Being Karn : Never could I have imagined such a perfect portrayal of this most admired character. He knows right from his childhood that he is different and he does not belong. The way he can look into the eyes of Sun , the kundal and kawach which adorn him but not his younger brother and of course a quest to achieve perfection as a warrior. The commencement of his struggles from the school of Dron where he faces his first rejection to the times he takes his last breath , just wrenches the heart completely. The way he continuously tries to get acceptance , the thoughts running in his mind on every rejection he faces from the society, just makes your heart go out for him . The pages which essay his agony and anger of finally knowing that he is somebody but yet have always been treated as a nobody, can be turned many a times. Shivaji’s pen brilliantly deals with his dilemma in the times when he took a wrong step, and the way his conscience lashes him during such incidents. The manner a human heart argues with the head and reason has been put phenomenally in words.

Being Kunti : Now this was the first time I was able to read Kunti’s outlook and her pain and agony of never being able to accept her son. In this book you would never read anything about the royal queen, but only about a mother who could never be. Shivaji has carefully emphasized on the scene when she goes to Karn to beg forgiveness and plead for Arjun’s life. He says “what an irony, the mother who was supposed to shade the kid from everything, stands hidden under the shade of his clothes, probably to save herself from the embarrassment of facing his father , the Sun”.

Being Duryodhan : Another revelation was made in form of this character. He is just as human as anybody, alongwith his positives and negatives. His clear acceptance that he is using Karn as a means and the fact that he feels equally guilty about it, is brought out in an excellent way. Its great knowledge indeed to know that Duryodhan also had morals and conscience which poked him in few instances.

Being Vrishaali : The better half of Karna and his silent supporter in all times. Her life sees nothing beyond Karn and she finds herself fortunate than Draupadi, who never knew what it felt like being the loved one of such a great soul.

Being Shon : The younger brother,pal and mate of Karn. He witnesses and empathizes with the pain and agony which Karn goes through all his life. His loyalties to his brother are impregnable. Another admirable character sketched by Shivaji Sawant.

Being Krishn: And you thought that God never had a conscience or was never trapped in dilemma. The book climaxes by Krishn’s narration about Karna, his circumstance and the boundless respect and love he has for him. He says “ Amongst all the people I know I bow in front of four people in this world who love me silently and strongly: My Mother Devki, My Aunt Kunti, Daanvir Karn and Radha”. He finds himself torn between his duty and his affection for Karna. The respect which Karna gains in his eyes by rejecting his plea of joining the Pandavas, post the knowledge that he is their elder brother, fills the Almighty’s eyes with tears also.

Not only does this book deals with these characters, in sidelines you find explanations and answers of many questions. There are times when you feel that the character’s thoughts are so similar to the ones which go around in an average human mind. Something like “Oh Gowd! That’s me”. Besides talking about the most intriguing and superior character of all times, Shivaji has kept the background and thought process in an equally engaging flow. The narration carries you completely to an era putting you in the shoes of each and every character one by one. It took me a long time to read and actually get into the feel of the book. The more I tried to delay it, I delved into the matter deeper. The most commendable feature of the book that it is as human as its reader. The occurences are as relevant in today's world as they were at that time, with people suffering from similar pangs of emotions, as in present scenario.

This is one saga which is beyond age, time and limitations, just like its invincible hero who lives even after his death. It’s a book which is not going to fail you as its main protagonist, The Mrityunjay!!

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The title ‘Mrityunjay’ means Conqueror of Death or Immortal. The novel depicts a clear picture of the struggle and commitments of the Assamese society in 1942 against British rule. It narrates how Assamese people were influenced by the Quit India Movement, and how they implemented it in their state. The story is based on the Barpathar railway derailment caused by freedom fighters. It symbolizes the debates of the movement in individual Assamese freedom fighters, who go through intense internal dilemmas while determining the means they wanted to use to fight – Gandhi’s non-violent satyagraha or Bose’s violent uprising. Characteristically for Bhattacharya, the book explores these political questions through the milieu of Assamese daily life – its traditions, customs, and environment. When the book was awarded the Jnanpith Prize in 1979, its citation recognized Bhattacharya for the power of its narrative structure – “The capacity to detect the significance of the moment and endow it with the permanence and universality of art is what make Dr Bhattacharya an outstanding writer”.

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