PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE "V. S. KHANDEKAR GOLDEN MEMORIAL YEAR" (2025–26), THE BOOK "ARGHYADAN," WHICH IS A COLLECTION OF OVER A HUNDRED PREFACES BY V. S. KHANDEKAR, IS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT THAT UNFOLDS THE JOURNEY OF HIS POETIC VISION. BY WRITING PREFACES TO COLLECTIONS BY 22 EMINENT POETS SUCH AS G. L. THOKAL, KUSUMAGRAJ, B. B. BORKAR, AND BABA AMTE, HE ESTABLISHED HIS MASTERY OVER POETRY. DUE TO HIS UNDERSTANDING AS A POET AND LYRICIST, HE WAS ABLE TO EASILY GRASP THE NUANCES AND BEAUTY IN THE POEMS OF OTHERS. BEFORE WRITING A PREFACE, HE WOULD READ THE COLLECTION THOROUGHLY, INITIALLY EXPLAINING THE BACKGROUND, THEN STATING THE POET`S STRENGTHS, AND CONCLUDING BY GENTLY POINTING OUT LIMITATIONS. THE PREFACE NAMED "ARGHYADAN" WRITTEN BY HIM IS CONSIDERED THE PEAK OF HIS WRITING, IN WHICH HE HONORED KUSUMAGRAJ AS THE "POET OF HUMANITY." IN SHORT, THIS BOOK IS NOT MERELY A COMPILATION OF PREFACES, BUT SERVES AS AN IDEAL TEXTBOOK OF MARATHI POETRY CRITICISM FOR NEW READERS AND SCHOLARS.