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Is there any piece of world literature that transcends time and space, encompasses every aspect of human living, nature, and the universe, holds eternal values, survived for over 5000 years, and remains a promising 'work-in-progress'? The only answer is the Mahabharata. The very book of Life, it is some fifteen times the combined length of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, and seven times The Iliad and The Odyssey put together. In India, it is called the Fifth Veda. "He who knows it not," said C. Rajagoplachari, "knows not the heights and the depths of the soul". This title, the final Volume in a 5-book series, is a critical analysis of the events of Mahabharata from the angle of modern behavioral science, and is replete with life management lessons. All the past four Volumes hit # 1 New Release in the U.S.A. What was the epoch-making, wisest decision taken in the whole of Mahabharata, and who got credited with it? When was Draupadi’s chastity brought under a cloud of doubt, and why? Post-war, what was the shocking revelation that threw the Pandavas into deep agony on the battlefield? Why did Krishna not interfere with and nullify the effect of the curses made by Gandhari and the Rishis on him and his clan, despite his wielding enormous power to do so? Why did the omnipotent Krishna flee the city of Mathura when attacked by Jarasandha’s army? What is the common thread passing through the stories of Agastya and Bhageeratha? And of Jarasandha and Sisupala?