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December 2017

No Embellishments

- Dr. Devdutt Pattnaik

From The Archives Of Yoga And Total Health

A seer once realized the Eternal Truth that governed the cosmos, that gave meaning to this existence. He was delighted, ecstatic. He decided to share his realization, the end and the means, with the world.

But there was a problem with the communication. World didn’t have the capacity to contain the splendour of his vision. There just wasn’t enough vocabulary around.

To explain the abstractness of his vision in concrete terms was not easy. He had to make use of earthy metaphors and euphemism. His cultural background influenced his language. His personality coloured his presentation.

The end result was a set of aphorisms, pregnant verses containing infinite ideas.

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भगवद्गीता से सीख: असली जीवन ही श्रेष्ठ है।

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