Krishna Dwaipayana Vyasa Krito : Mahabharat by Rajsekhar Basu [Hardcover]

Rajshekhar Basu’s transcreation of Mahabharata by Krishna Dwaipayana, commonly known as sage Vyas Dev, is a classic in itself. Rajshekhar Basu has recreated the mythology in lucid Bengali while staying true to the facts and essence of the original saga. His main aim was to present the great Indian epic as easily comprehensible by all readers yet retaining the charm of Ved Vyasa’s wisdom. ‘Krishna Dwaipayan Vyas Krito Mahabharat’ is a keeper’s delight and a reader’s dream as we are left enchanted by the author’s rendition of the larger-than-life epic !

In the Arya Samaj, whatever had been scattered among the people, he (Vyasa) united them. It is not mere hearsay; he also unified all beliefs, debates, and moral principles prevalent in the Arya Samaj, establishing a grand embodiment of the wholeness of a nation in one place. He named it the Mahabharata. … This is not the history of a specific individual; it is a self-created natural history of a nation. – Rabindranath Tagore, "The Course of History in India."

The history described in the Mahabharata is the history of revolution in human society. … Perhaps, relying merely on the memory of a small provincial incident, the great poet envisioned the grand revolution of human society in his poetic consciousness; and that vision of the great revolution – depicting the great war between dharma and adharma – has been drawn for the future generations' moral education. – Ramendrasundar, "Characteristics of Epic Poetry."