H. M. Nayak described him as Kannada Senani ! His rendition of Mahabharata titled ‘Vachana Bharata’ remains to this day one of the most widely read versions of the great epic in Kannada. He introduced the great writers of Bengal — Tagore and Bankim Chandra — to a generation of Kannada readers through his translations and biographies. He was responsible for bringing the Kannada periodical ‘Prabuddha Karnataka’ into circulation. His published works which run to about 4,000 pages cover a vast array of writings, translations, abridgments, lexicography work and biographies. This modern incarnation of Vyasa was none other than A.R. Krishnashastry. This is a small tribute to him on his birth anniversary today. A.R. Krishnashastry breathed his last at Bangalore on 1st February, 1968 at the age of 78 years.—Ed
By Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath
