Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust

Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust

VISHNU SAKHARAM KHANDEKAR

ISBN: 9788122204285

5.0 x 7.75, Pb., 256 pp. $13.95

The story of Yayati is perhaps one of the most intriguing and fascinating episodes of the Mahabharata. Yayati was a great scholar and one of the noblest rulers of ancient times. He followed the shastras and was devoted to the welfare of his subjects. Even the King of the Gods, Indra, held him in high esteem. Married to the seductively beautiful Devyani, and also in love with her maid Sharmishtha – and father of five sons from the two women – Yayati still declares unabashedly, “My lust for pleasure is unsatisfied...”. His quest for the carnal continued, sparing not even his youngest son, and exchanging his old age for his son’s youth…