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Selections from Vyasa's Mahabharata – The Dicing and The Sequel to Dicing - The Temptation of KarnaBibliographic Details Author: Vyasa Translated and Edited by: J. A. B. Van Buitenen Introduction by: Kavita A. Sharma ISBN 13: 9789391011543 Pages: 198 Edition: First Edition (2026) Genre: Literature & Fiction Classics Indian Classics Epic & Mythological Literature Price: 200 Description Selections from Vyasas Mahabharata: The Dicing and The Sequel to Dicing and Temptation of Karna is a thoughtful and accessible volume drawn from one of the
Bibliographic Details
Author: Vyasa
Translated and Edited by: J.A.B. Van Buitenen
Introduction by: Kavita A. Sharma
ISBN-13: 9789391011543
Pages: 198
Edition: First Edition (2026)
Genre: Literature & Fiction / Classics / Indian Classics / Epic & Mythological Literature
Price: ₹200
Description
Selections from Vyasa’s Mahabharata: The Dicing and The Sequel to Dicing and Temptation of Karna is a thoughtful and accessible volume drawn from one of the foundational epics of world literature. Centered on some of the most dramatic and morally charged episodes of the Mahabharata, this edition brings together the fateful game of dice, its devastating aftermath, and the deeply human conflict surrounding Karna.
These selections illuminate themes of destiny, pride, loyalty, dharma, humiliation, and tragic choice. The dicing episode remains one of the most powerful moments in Indian epic tradition, revealing how personal weakness, political ambition, and ethical failure can alter the course of history. The companion sections deepen the emotional and philosophical weight of the narrative, especially through the figure of Karna, whose inner conflict continues to engage readers across generations.
Translated and edited by J.A.B. Van Buitenen, this edition offers readers a clear and literary entry into the epic’s complexity. The introduction by Kavita A. Sharma adds interpretive value, making the volume especially useful for students, teachers, and general readers interested in Indian literature, mythology, and cultural thought.
Ideal for academic reading as well as personal study, this compact edition preserves the grandeur of the original epic while presenting key passages in a focused, reader-friendly form. It is a valuable addition to collections of Indian classics, comparative literature, and mythological studies.
Key Features
- Selected episodes from the Mahabharata in a compact edition
- Includes The Dicing, its sequel, and Temptation of Karna
- Highlights themes of dharma, fate, honour, and tragic choice
- Features translation and editing by J.A.B. Van Buitenen
- Includes an introduction by Kavita A. Sharma
- Useful for students of literature, mythology, and Indian thought
- Explores one of the epic’s most powerful political episodes
- Offers insight into Karna’s moral and emotional complexity
- Suitable for classroom use, reference, and personal reading
- A meaningful addition to Indian classical literature collections
Manufacturer Details
Publisher: Doaba Publications
Imprint: Aedha Imprints
Manufactured by: Doaba Corporation
Year: 2026
Email: [email protected]
Address: 4551-16, Shanti Mohan House, 16 Ansari Road, Daryaganj - 110002
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★★★★★ 5
As my initial review, it's a worthy robotic vacuum
As a rule, I do not write reviews based on a few days of use. I’d give it a month or more, observing how it performs. However, in the case of Roborock, I decided to make an exception, I was, quite frankly, a bit impressed by its performance.
Hence, the following is my initial report about S7 MaxV robotic vacuum.
At first, for many years, I owned Roomba and, since years ago it was the only well-known robotic vacuum, I was happy having such a toy. I did not make a reservation, calling my Roomba a toy, despite paying for it over $900, I did not see much use and enjoyed the first “robot” in my house. I was working on a third floor and heard Roomba vacuuming on a first, often bailing it out when it stuck under kitchen cabinets or some other obstacles.
Years passed, and a month ago, I purchased Eufy G40+ (with a cleaning station) to see if 15 years of robot vacuum development made a leap. Well, if to judge by G40 (~$400), it was far from a leap, more of a stumble. But the reviews, and the price, were good. But a few weeks later, I couldn’t take it anymore, watching as the unit would “stuck” in a totally unobscured area, lifting it, placing it nearby, and watching as it would take about six minutes to cover less than 3-5 feet to get back to its charging station (video is available)
I decided to replace Eufy with Roborock and got two units; a Roborock S7 MaxV ($640) and an automatic vacuum station ($300). Since I ordered them separately, the station came a day later, and, for a day, I used S7 as is with its standard dust bin.
Again, time will pass, and I’ll amend my review, giving a more comprehensive statement. But initially, comparing S7 to Roomba and Eufy G40, I was pleasantly surprised. It works just as one would imagine a vacuum robot must perform.
First of all, it’s quick.
It took just one run to map the first floor very accurately.
It’s doubtless.
S7’s cameras, lidar, and all its sensors guide the unit with bewildering precision. Especially on the second run, I was utterly enjoying watching how it was "hugging" every corner, chair legs, cat dishes, electric candles (my wife placed them on the floor), and so on. It seemed that the robot built my house and was very familiar with the floor plan since it was born. I was also impressed that I did not see yet S7 bumping into any obstacle, it slows down and stops, leaving less than a few millimeters between its front pannel and any barrier.
Dust collection.
That is a bit funny. My wife does everything very diligently. She vacuumed the first floor a day before S7 arrived and was a bit surprised when S7 collected almost a full dust bit on its first run. The next day, we used it again, and when I sent her a picture of collected dust (albeit not as much as on the first day), she replied that in her opinion, S7 had some dust hidden inside its body and now it was just showing off. Well, not only it did a great job, but it also was very quiet, considering that we are talking about a vacuum.
The application.
It is ok. A bit buggy, but useful and comprehensive. You can create and name rooms, make no-go zones, and so on. I’m sure the company will continue improving its functionality. But my general complaint/wish is to see the application designers stop using almost the same colors for font and backgrounds. It is so difficult to read and understand anything if texts are written in a small font and the color (of the text) blends with the backgrounds. I wonder who was the first “genius” who decided to implement such a “clever” trick. How must a person with dilapidating eyesight abilities use such apps?
Thus, as a conclusion to my initial impression - S7 MaxV is worth every penny and an automatic dust evacuation unit only adds great value to an already very capable machine.
To be continued.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023
★★★★★ 5
A phenomenol piece of tech... outclasses any and all other vacs I have ever owned...
Color: Black01
This was almost a revenge purchase in response to a frustrating year we had after moving on to a Eufy which was a complete dud. the Eufy, while advanced and not low end, managed to barely finish 40% of the cleaning jobs without getting stuck on something. Prior to this, I've had Roomba 200 series and Neato vacs which I had been very happy with, but those weren't very advanced.
In comes the Roborock Qrevo... this thing was the answer to our prayers. Its *quiet*, powerful, and most importantly, it FINISHES THE JOB. While its not perfect, the Roborock can finish cleaning the house around 80-90% of the time without help. Its base operates just fine, and the mapping system is the best I've seen. With the Eufy, the map seemed to mean nothing... if the robot got stuck, you cleaned it, and placed it back down a little further away from where it was it would get lost. The Roborock on the other hand does an amazing job at map registration, even with significant moves of the robot for any reason (including our toddler picking it up and dropping it elsewhere). Also, in praise of the mapping system, it does an amazing job capturing various levels of detail such as the location of rugs (relative to the hard wood floor) and other aspects of the home.
The app is also very nicely done, as is the power management. This thing is really designed as a >$800 robot vacuum, that you can get on sale for $400.
My recommendation is to BUY IT.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Impressive Cleaning, but not quite perfect
UPDATE BELOW INITIAL REVIEW
This is an impression after having run 6 sessions total over the span of two days on a 3 story home, two days after product release.
I want to get something out of the way first: I have never owned a robovac; I have friends that have and I have witnessed them in action, but not my own. I recently moved into a big home with my SO and we quickly realized we would need some serious cleaning assistance. I set off in search of a good robovac, scouring the internet for hours over a week. Everything pointed to this vacuum.
I read some pretty unbelievable reviews, and let me tell you they're not entirely accurate from my experience, but pretty darn close.
Upon setting up my S7 MaxV I was immediately greeted with a firmware update, which went without a hitch and provided a changelog. Good sign, as this means that we should be able to expect OTA improvement over time. I have very long hair, we have no pets, but we leave a lot of things around the house and there are a lot of potential things to hit and get stuck on such as standing fans, chairs, tables, electronics, metal floor vents, etc for the vac to interact with on every floor. Everything this vacuum promises lives up to expectations, but there are a few caveats. It will get hung up on some things, still, such as metal floor heater grates and long Ethernet (any really) cables stretched across the floor, and it is definitely not immune to the amazing power of long hair and it's evil tangling powers. That said, it is surprising easy to remove long hair from both the side and middle brushes, albeit I did have to carefully cut the hair on the middle brush to get most of it off.
As to cleaning, it's incredible on all surfaces. You can really hear the power of the vacuum roar to life on carpet, where it auto switches to higher suction when moving off another surface. Not much to say here other than things were spotless after it mopped and vacuumed about 66sq meters in 1hr, including underneath large objects. Way better than me!
Obstacle avoidance is almost flawless, I didn't really need to monitor this at all. Additionally, it detected stairs very well.
The video camera and call functions are pretty neat, but don't expect too much out of them as it's mostly a gimmick. Fun though!
There's just so much to say but I will cut to the chase: this robovac is freaking incredible. I am extremely satisfied with my purchase, and am excited for the ultra dock that supposedly comes out next month. If you are on the fence, this robovac is well worth it! That said, it is extremely expensive but if you can shell it out you will likely be satisfied, too!
---UPDATE AS OF May 12 2022:
The robovac is working as great as ever for it's main purpose--cleaning. Maintenance has been am absolute breeze; after three to six runs you empty the dustbin and after every mop you clean it. As mentioned above, I have long hair so I occasionally need to take out the main and side brushes, but cleaning these takes about 2 minutes. Refilling the water tank with distilled water takes about 10 seconds. I've noticed that a few features don't work properly, even with perfect signal (wifi or cell), such as the calling and remote viewing features. It's simply will not display the video no matter what I do. At one point I was able to get it to work by cycling my Wi-Fi and cellular a bunch of times and eventually it showed. I have not tested this on iOS, but at least on Android it does not work properly. Additionally the vacuum has managed to lose its main brush on a metal floor transition strip. My theory is that it got caught on the nails holding the strip. Honestly this was a pretty minor inconvenience. I still think this robot vacuum deserves four stars, however there are a few things I would really like to have:
1. An undo button on the map, as well as an option to manually erase parts of mapped areas (think like the eraser tool in your favorite image editor). As someone that has quite a few full sliding door mirrors, the robot vacuum loves to see "into them" and see those "inside mirror parts as part of the room. This has led it to bleed into other rooms which has led me to have to remap. Minor inconvenience as it's fixable by putting down things to block the robots view of the mirror but rather annoying.
2. An option to disable the mop without removing it. While I generally like it to mop, sometimes I just don't need it for what I needed to do.
Overall great product, would buy more from Roborock.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2022
★★★★★ 5
Excellent Choice In A Reasonably Priced Robot Floor Cleaner
Color: Black01, Color: Black01
This review is for the Roborock QV3a. After hearing my brother-in-law rave about his robot vacuum, I hesitantly bought this. I was hesitant because I had purchased one many years before, and it had been virtually useless. It only vacuumed, was loud with minimal suction, banging its way around and it constantly got clogged with debris and eventually ended up at Goodwill. This vacuum does a wonderful job both vacuuming and mopping, competing with models that cost three times as much. After creating four different maps, the first map, map with the 1st floor family room, kitchen and dining room room all on one level, I segregated an area of the kitchen that gets very dirty after cooking, to allow me to do a daily vacuuming and mopping of this area. The second map included a living room off of our raised entry hall. The third map included the raised tiled entry hall. The fourth map included the second level of the house, including three bedrooms and a large balcony.We have biweekly housekeeping, so most of yhe areas of the house, including a carpeted living room, tile entry hall, living room, 4 bedrooms and balcony, only require vacuuming as needed, often once in the week we don’t have housekeeping. After completing a cleaning of the whole house I was very impressed. It thoroughly cleaned including under furniture picking up an amazing amount of dust bunnies. Our regular vacuum did not fit under dressers, couch, couches, etc. Mopping the tile areas resulted in very clean floors. I did established some no go areas to keep the vacuum from hitting areas with a large number of cords. I also created no go areas under the beds and a couple dressers. Avoiding these areas, greatly speeds up the cleaning process. It is easy to establish no go areas. I can delete them a couple times a year to clean under furniture. I also put up an invisible line on the railing in our balcony, the robot did not see this as a wall, and it would feel its way along the railing, greatly slowing the cleaning process. The robot does seems to learn each time it cleans finding a more efficient way to clean. I also found that moving the chairs away from the dining room table slightly allowed the robot to clean under the table much faster. Our family room has a very large area rug in it with hardwood floors throughout. The robot was able to identify the rug area, mopping/vacuuming hardwood floors and vacuuming the area rug. The app is very intuitive easily allowing the establishment of no goes zones or invisible walls. To clean, simply restore the map for the area you want to clean, select the area you want to clean, and choose your cleaning mode of mopping, vacuuming, or both. It is very simple to use. When done the robot empties the dirty water, cleans the mopping pads, and empties the dust bin. I am very happy with my purchase. For anyone that wants to purchase a cleaning robot without spending $1000 or more, this is an excellent choice. Update: after over 30 hours of use I am still pleased with this robotic floor cleaner. Use daily to keep kitchen tile floor vacuumed. Mop cycle cleans tiles as well as a mop using highest water setting. Also great for cleaning hardwood floor and carpet. Great value for the price. No problems to report. Buy one!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Absolute Yes for Me
Color: Black
The kids have named our vacuum ROB. And ROB is a total Workhorse. Extremely simple setup, in my opinion. Caveat: it does not work or sync with 5g signal, but it will still work generally. In other words, it will still work the same, but will not remember floor layouts. So each time you turn it on, it is not following a learned “map”. If you’re okay with it not following that map each time, then this vacuum will take great care of your floors. In my opinion, this does not affect the functionality. The Lefant Vac is impressive. It doesn’t stop at hard flooring, either— it crosses over transition strips to low- medium pile carpet and does a great job keeping the carpet clean as well. The battery life is also impressive— going for a couple hours before returning to the charging station. I can still program it to clean at certain times, but I don’t use that option. The suction power is excellent, and it has picked up long hair fur from my ex’s German Shepherd that my upright vacuum didn’t catch. Noise level is fine. I’m not losing my mind over it at all. In fact, after a few minutes of it running, I’ve forgotten all about it until it returns to the dock. ROB is able to maneuver very well around furniture and doorways. Just make sure you don’t leave anything on the floor that you don’t want sucked up. Because it will get EVERYTHING in its way. I purchased this vacuum on sale back in November 2025 and I’m so glad I took a chance on it. Best thing I’ve ordered in a while and the price couldn’t be beat. Far superior to my old Roomba. I haven’t used the wet mop setting yet since I haven’t needed it— couldn’t tell you how well that works. The dirt canister is pretty easy to empty, but bring the whole vacuum to the garbage can to empty since it can get kind of messy the first couple times you empty it, especially depending on how much dirt it’s picked up. I bought this robot vacuum for my vinyl kitchen flooring, but once I realized it was able to do far more and had conquered my medium pile carpet just as easily, the is vacuum regularly cleans my entire downstairs flooring in one charge. Jump on this if you can. I highly recommend this vacuum
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Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2026
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