The Book of Yudhishthira

Krishnavatara is Munshi's retelling of the life of Krishna, and this seventh volume turns to Yudhishthira, the eldest of the Pandava brothers, after the great war at Kurukshetra has ended. Now king, he must govern a land scarred by slaughter and by the grief of those who lost sons, brothers and husbands. Around him the old world is changing, and the lessons Krishna taught him are tested as he rules and grows older. The book draws on the Mahabharata and its closing chapters, presenting Indian myth as a story of duty, loss and the search for meaning.