Nārāyana. The Lord of Sustenance. To sustain his universe, he has always done everything one could ever imagine. From incarnating as a complete wild boar, to living away from the love of his life to vanquish evil, Lakshmīkānta has always done everything to establish Dharma every time Adharma threatens to overpower it. Ananta. He's endless. He will remain one of the few constants even as the universe comes to an end. Hari's kathā is just as everlasting as him, evergreen in both emotion and meaning. As perpetual as him are his stories, never coming to an end, never ceasing to enrapture those who attempt to understand these tales brimming with a charm nothing else has. This is an attempt to encapsulate some moments from the stories of Vāsudeva in shorts that may succeed in giving the tiniest glimpse of Vaikunthanātha. This is my attempt at writing about Rāmachandra, whom I love and revere beyond what my words can explain. This is my humble attempt at bringing to life some of the moments from the evergreen stories of Mahāvishnu. ××× [The chapters showcase these undoubtedly divine characters with a touch of humanization, and while I will try my level best not to get too carried away with it, moving too far away from the original plot, some people might not be willing to see their deities humanized. In that case, I'll request you to skip this book. Thank you!] Cover credit: @Mochis4lifeq52627 <333

❛ . . . and she wonders if it's serenity that she demands, or savagery ? ❜ As the Kurus lament and the world cries out in pain cursing the destiny, the charming trickster with a flute knows that for him, the silver-tongued Dvaraka prince, love and war are to go hand in hand. Once named Padmajaa-- a name that bestows her with her non-pareil determination and stubbornness like a lotus bloom in a sludge, she is the root of the sapling of righteousness that the almighty wishes to plant in the pious Aryavarta plagued with the horrors of nefariousness. The woman who rose from the flames along with the famed twins, has creation and cataclysm at her willowy fingertips and charms in her honey eyes as she enchants the hero of the era, Krishna Vaasudeva. With a voyage fraught with catastrophes and her soul stuck between the realms of humanism and divinity, she walks with her head high for she knows she is the chaos. As fate itself comes into the form of a woman who they call a beguiling one, will the world ever see the dawn of rectitude in the dusk of Dvapara?

{Do not copy this work or put it on other websites. Plagiarism is a heinous crime. Stealing someone's work isn't a gentleman's trait. Read, get inspired and write something of your own.} Gauri, a young village girl holding firm views about morals and religious principles, wanders as a storyteller much to her mother's distress. Reality obscures fantasy when she receives a marriage proposal from Royals of Rana Fort. Driven by ambition and greed, her parents marry her off to a mysterious widower, who dwells in shadows of his lonely castle and is often referred to as monster incarnate. Now lost in gloom, inside the royal palace of great warrior kings, Gauri is about to learn a tale of cursed reality - NAKSHATRA. Genre: Romance, Horror, Adventure, Fantasy, Supernatural, Contemporary, Drama, General fiction. Started on: February 25, 2022 Finished on- June 30, 2024 PARTS- 4 Chapters- 82 + Epilogue Pages- 430 pages Words- 2,00,700 approx. Reader's Discretion- 16+