Dnyansuryachi Sawali [Marathi]

By MANJUSHRI GOKHALE

DNYANSURYACHEE SAWALI IS A NOVEL BASED ON THE LIFE OF SOPANDEO, A THIRTEENTH CENTURY SAINT AND THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF SAINT DNYANESHWAR. SOPANDEO LIVED UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ELDER BROTHER. LIKE HIS SIBLINGS - NIVRUTTINATH, DNYANESHWAR AND MUKTABAI -- SOPANDEO ALSO SUFFERED IN THE CHILDHOOD. HE WAS STUDIOUS BY NATURE AND THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN NIVRUTTINATH (THE ELDEST BROTHER WAS THE SPIRITUAL GURU OF BOTH DNYANESHWAR AND SOPANDEO) LED TO HIS WRITING THE SOPANDEVI WHICH IS THE TRANSLATION OF THE BHAGWAD GEETA . SOPANDWO'S WORK DIFFERS FROM THE DNYANESHWARI WHICH IS ALSO THE RENDERING OF THE BHAGWAD GEETA INTO MARATHI IN THAT IT IN A DIFFERENT FORM OF MARATHI. LIKE DNYANESHWAR, FEELING THAT HIS AIM OF LIFE HAS BEEN REALIZED, SOPANDEO ALSO UNDERTOOK SANJEEVAN SAMADHI (ENDING ONE'S LIFE VOLUNTARILY) AT A VERY YOUNG AGE. THE FLASHBACK STYLE OF NARRATION WHICH BEGINS WITH THE SANJEEVAN SAMADHI OF DNYANESHWAR AND ENDS WITH THAT OF SOPANDEO TRACING IN BETWEEN THE LIFE OF THE YOUNG SAINT AND HOW HE ATTAINED THE SAINTHOOD IS EFFECTIVE.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Marathi
• ISBN: 8184985231
• ISBN13: 9788184985238
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Mehta Publishing House
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"