- Pub: December 2021
- Author : Roddam Narasimha (Tr.)
- ISBN: 9780670092222
- Price: Rs. 399/-
- Category: Non-fiction/Poetry
- Binding: Hardback
- Extent: 240
- Imprint: Viking
ABOUT THE BOOK
Written originally in Sanskrit, Yoga-Vasistha is a long philosophical
poem in the tradition of the Bhagavad Gita, full of stories on
superhuman feats and supernatural events. Attributed to Valmiki, the
verses are in the form of a series of conversations between the sixteenyear-
old Rama and the celebrated guru of his family, Vasistha. Verses for
the Brave is a selection of 218 verses from the Yoga-Vasistha, ones that
reflect upon the world and life, emphasizing the need for balance
between involvement in worldly affairs and the motivation to attain
liberation. A gorgeous rendition of a significant companion to the
Ramayana, it offers the heroes of now a philosophy of the past.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Roddam Narasimha was a Padma Vibhushan awardee, an aerospace
scientist and a fluid dynamicist.
