Anand Kumar Ashodhiya — Author · Poet · Researcher

NISWARTHI UDYOGA PARVA: An English Trans-creation

A Devotional Folk Reinterpretation of the Mahabharata’s Pivotal Fifth Book (The Book of Selfless Endeavor)

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Book Details

Field	Value
Title	NISWARTHI UDYOGA PARVA: An English Trans-creation
Transcreator / Author	Anand Kumar Ashodhiya
Original Folk Poet	Shri Ashok Kumar Jakhar “Niswarthi”
Language	English
Print Length	577 pages
Publication Date	1 December 2025
ISBN-13	978-93-5525-694-2
Genre	Epic Transcreation · Devotional Literature · Religion & Spirituality
Academic Areas	Mahabharata Studies, Regional Folk Epics, Haryanvi Devotional Poetics, Translation & Transcreation Studies, Karma Yoga Philosophy
Publisher	Avikavani Publishers

About the Book

NISWARTHI UDYOGA PARVA is a powerful modern rendering of the Mahabharata’s pivotal fifth book, the Udyoga Parva (The Book of Effort). This section of the epic details the final, desperate diplomatic maneuvers by the Pandavas to avert the catastrophic Kurukshetra War.

In this work, contemporary devotional poet Shri Ashok Kumar Jakhar “Niswarthi” (The Selfless) transforms diplomatic negotiation into a profound spiritual discourse. While classical analysis often highlights political and strategic outcomes, Niswarthi filters the entire narrative through the lens of bhakti (devotion), asserting that the ultimate endeavor (Udyoga) is one undertaken purely for the sake of Dharma (Righteous Duty), entirely independent of the outcome.

Rooted in the Soil of Kurukshetra: The Haryanvi Folk Innovation

Shri Niswarthi innovates by rendering this vast epic crisis into rhythmic, accessible bhajans and ragni meters, drawing directly upon the earthy wisdom of the Haryanvi oral tradition—the very soil where the Mahabharata war took place:

Grounded Clarity: Direct, unflinching dialogue reflecting the pragmatic agrarian ethos of Haryana.
Performative Rhythm (Laya): Melodic structures optimized for oral recitation, singing, and communal memory.

A Masterful Trans-creation

Anand Kumar Ashodhiya presents this volume as a Trans-creation rather than a literal word-for-word translation. This methodology preserves the bhava (spiritual essence), rhythmic momentum, and folk idiom of the original composition, translating sung metric verse into vivid, rhythmic English prose while maintaining its moral authority and cultural texture for an international readership.

“The ultimate effort is not in securing a kingdom, but in honouring the truth. The ultimate effort is not in the outcome, but in the purity of the attempt.”

Suggested Citation

Ashodhiya, Anand Kumar. (2025). NISWARTHI UDYOGA PARVA: An English Trans-creation. Avikavani Publishers.

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This transcreation informs comparative literary research on regional adaptations of classical epics and Haryanvi metrics:

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Technical Research Documentation

Prosodic systems, bibliographic records, and regional folklore analyses are documented in the Project Wiki:

Research Wiki Home — Mission and project overview.
Pingala Shastra Methodology — Technical framework for metric and prosodic analysis.
Bibliography & Research Index — Inventory of ISBN volumes and DOI-linked research papers.
Glossary of Prosodic Terms — Standard reference glossary for folk poetics and Pingal Shastra.

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