Mritunjaya- story of Karna and Mahabharata: By Shivaji Sawant

Mritunjaya- story of Karna and Mahabharata: By Shivaji Sawant



This book was first published in the year 1974. Majority of Indians, in their childhood, must have either read or heard stories of Mahabharata.

Often, our elders tell story about Mahabharata, as it is explained from the perspective of either Lord Krishna or as envisaged by, so called follower of truth and righteous, the Pandavas.

Shivaji Sawant, wrote this upanyas about Mahabharata as seen and experienced by Karna… the Danveer Karna…. the son of the Surya Dev (Sun God).

I was initially planning to buy an English version of this book…….. but somehow ended up with a Hindi version….. I was bit anxious about my decision; but I must say, I indeed made a right decision. I must say, if you know how to read Hindi (no professional knowledge of Hindi is necessary), please buy a Hindi version only. Few words are quite typical to understand, but given the background you can easily understand the context and meaning…. anyway….. google is aways there to help you out.

The book revolves around the life of Karna and his ultimate deeds of donation. This book will give you an insight about Mahabharata from the perspective of Karna and Kauravas.  I am sure, this book will change readers perspective about the story of Mahabharata, Kaurava, Pandava, Krishna and Karna. 

At the end of the book you will read about the last donation made by Karna, while he was on the death bed at the battlefield Kurkshetra. 

A must read. my rating for this book is 10/10. 


Manish Tully

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