185 Quotes by Devdutt Pattanaik

Within infinite myths lies the Eternal Truth Who sees it all? Varuna has but a thousand eyes Indra, a hundred And I, only two.

In Greek mythology, the hero wants to be great, but the very concept does not exist in the Indian vocabulary. Yet it has become the global template. And it’s a template that won’t fit in India.

If you don’t have imagination, you stop being human; animals don’t have imagination; Alzheimer’s is the death of imagination.

In time, Radha became a goddess in her own right, the symbol of sacrifice, surrender and unconditional love.

No event is spontaneous; it is the result of many past events. This is karma. The events in your life are the result of your past deeds, performed in this lifetime or the ones before. You alone are responsible for it.

From imagination comes our vision of the world, our vision of our future, and most importantly our vision of ourselves, who we are and what we want to be.

We are not rational creatures who feel; we are emotional creatures who rationalize.

As per some Vedic marriage rites, a woman is first given in marriage to the romantic moon-god, Chandra, then to the highly sensual Gandharva named Vishwavasu, then to the fire-god, Agni, who cleanses and purifies all things, and finally to her human husband. Thus, the ‘four men’ quota is exhausted. Clearly this was an attempt of society to prevent Hindu women from remarrying.

The Kamasutra warns that conception with women on top can alter the sexuality of the children conceived.