Sawant depicts an uncanny similarity between Krishna and Karna and hints at a mystic link between them, investing his protagonist with a more-than-human aura to offset the un-heroic and even unmanly acts which mar this tremendously complex and utterly fascinating creating of Vyasa.
‘JHANJHAWAT’ IS THE FIRST BOOK IN HIS NOVEL SERIES ‘MAHASAMRAT’- CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ BIOGRAPHY. These are interspersed with a book each from the lips of his unwed mother Kunti, Duryodhana (who considers Karna his mainstay), Shon (Shatruntapa, his foster-brother, who here-worships him), his wife Vrishali to whom he is like a god and, last of all, Krishna. THIS CRESSET OF OUR MAHARAJA IS PENNED DOWN BY OUR OWN RENOWNED AUTHOR VISHVAS PATIL. With deceptive case, Sawant brings into play an exceptional stylistic innovation by combining six "dramatic soliloquies" to form the nine books of this novel of epic dimensions. Mrityunjaya is the autobiography of Karna, and yet it is not just that. It is the story of Karna from different viewpoints.
In a sea of pretentious books, this one is honest, forthright and opens your eyes to an unsung hero. For over two decades since its first publication the vast non- Marathi and non-Hindi readership remained deprived of this remarkable exploration of the human psyche till the publication of this English translation by the Writers workshop – a contribution for which there is much to be grateful for. 3 books on Indian mythology have left me stunned. Shivaji Sawant's Mrityunjaya is an outstanding instance of such a literary masterpiece in which a contemporary Marathi novelist investigates the meaning of the bewildering skein that is life through the personae of the Mahabharata protagonists. The search for the meaning of Being is man's eternal quest and the subject of his greatest creations.
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