The Great War at Kurukshetra is over. Eighteen lakh men have died. But
the winners are not happy. Yudhishthira and his brothers are gripped
with sorrow over what they have done. Who will bear the child to
continue the Kuru clan? Uttara? Will Asvatthama also destroy the child
that she is carrying? Hastinapur is barren of men of any age. It is the
King's dharma to help every virgin in the kingdom, cross into womanhood.
But Yudhishthira fails. There is now a dharmic crisis. The young woman,
who will bear the child, must be found another king for the task before
sunrise. Else, the kingdom will suffer even more. Who can solve the
problem? Krishna, who else! Or rather he knows such a king who can. It
is Maya. But Maya declines to follow the king's dharma. His refusal
plunges the Kuru kingdom, and even Krishna himself, into another crisis.
Who is Maya? Can Krishna eventually win him over? Mayabharata is a
fascinating narration of the post-Mahabharata story, aided by the
deployment of the author's imaginative and creative powers.