The mankind has witnessed a scores of thinkers & philosophers during all these centuries. In the galaxy of these thinkers, Lord Krishna & Mahatma Gandhi are two distinguished different types of  thinkers who have acquired a lot of followers and created impressions of their thinking on the contemporise during their life time. We can quote remarkable other thinkers, viz. Jesus, Mohmmad, Confucious, Laotse, Buddha, Mahavir and number of others who have considerable effects on the mankind because of their thoughts but it must be noted that none of them have effective following during their life span. Lord Krishna and Gandhi, they are distinguished & unique type of personalities who have commanded different position.
Dharma, Truth, Non-violence, Fearlessness, Enjoyment of life and Relentless thereof, Celibacy and Betterment of the mankind, all these eternal issues are thought of in extreme depth by Lord Krishna as well as Mahatma Gandhi. No one can say that they were successful to lead the mankind in their thoughts. However there is no alternative but to contemplate their thoughts and to await for better result.
In this book the author has studied in depth all these thoughts and deeds of Lord Krishna vis-á-vis Mahatma Gandhi. At times the apparent difference between these two traits is met at one point and this point is very interesting. e.g. Gandhi’s non-violence and Krishna’s teaching to Arjuna to fight & kill Kauravas in Kurukshetra almost identical in the top of its philosophical meaning. It is a very well comparative study of these two dignitaries of the thoughts and deeds.

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Contents

Preface — 7

Translator’s Note — 13

1. In Search of Righteousness — 17

2. Sushruta and Charaka:   — The OffShoots of Dhanvantari’s Family — 23

3. Two Paths, One Destination — 30

4. Oh These Devotees and Followers!! — 37 —

5. Love and Compassion — 45

6. Krishna’s Dharma and Gandhi’s Truth (I) — 53

7. Krishna’s Dharma and Gandhi’s Truth (II) — 64

8. Krishna’s Dharma and Gandhi’s Truth (III) — 71

9. Krishna’s Dharma and Gandhi’s Truth (IV) — 79

10. Krishna’s Violence and

Gandhi’s Non-Violence-(I) — 89

11. Krishna’s Violence and

Gandhi’s Non-Violence– (II) — 96

12. Krishna’s Violence and

Gandhi’s Non-Violence–(III) — 104

13. Krishna’s Brahmi State And

Gandhi’s Celibacy (I) — 111

14. Krishna’s Brahmi State and

Gandhi’s Celibacy (II) — 119

15. Krishna’s Indulgence and

Gandhi’s Renunciation (I) — 126

16. Krishna’s Indulgence and

Gandhi’s Renunciation (II) — 134

17. Means: Krishna’s “Impurity” and

Gandhi’s Purity (I) — 143

18. Means: Krishna’s “Impurity” and

Gandhi’s Purity (II) — 152

19. Means: Krishna’s “Impurity” and

Gandhi’s Purity (III) — 161

20. The Power of Being Fearlessness (I) — 171

21. The Power of Being Fearlessness (II) — 179

22. Beyond Capacity (I) — 187

23. Beyond Capacity (II) — 195

24. The Midas Touch — 204

Endnotes — 214

Born on 30th June 1937, Mr. Joshi has at his credit 152 books so far in Gujarati language. He started his literary career with publication of a short story in 1954. His 52 books are translated and published in Hindi, Marathi, Bangla, Oriya, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannad, English and German languages. His writing covers different areas of the life of man kind i.e. with social and spiritual background, the research work on Lord Krishna, Lord Buddha, epics like Mahabharat and Ramayan etc. He has carved a new path in the field of biographical novels viz. Gujarati poet Narmad, Mahatma Gandhi and his son Harilal, Mohmad Ali Jinnah, Rabindranath Tagore, Lord Buddha and also on Sardar Patel.
His novel ‘Mahatma vs. Gandhi’ was adapted as play and also as movie in different languages including English.
On the eve of the completion of his 75th  Birth  Anniversary,  he  was felicitated in a function held in Mumbai wherein his 15 books were released in 6 different Indian languages including English which is recognized as a National record by the Limca Book of records.
He has edited translation of complete ‘Mahabharat’ in Gujarati language in 20 volumes.
At present he is occupied with reading and writing. He has also floated a  Trust–Gujarati  Sahitya  Pradan Pratishthan  with  an  objective  of publishing outstanding Gujarati books in different languages. He lives in Mumbai.