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Top 160 Devdutt Pattanaik Quotes (2026 Update)

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

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

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “We are not rational creatures who feel; we are emotional creatures who rationalize.”

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

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Arjuna, you have control over your action alone, not the fruits of your action. So do not be drawn to expectation, or inaction.”

3. “Arjuna, you have control over your action alone, not the fruits of your action. So do not be drawn to expectation, or inaction.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Krishna offers Arjuna two things: what he is and what he has. Arjuna chooses what Krishna is. Duryodhana is happy with what Krishna has. This divide between him and his, me and mine, what one is and what one has, is the difference between seeking the soul and being satisfied with matter.”

4. “Krishna offers Arjuna two things: what he is and what he has. Arjuna chooses what Krishna is. Duryodhana is happy with what Krishna has. This divide between him and his, me and mine, what one is and what one has, is the difference between seeking the soul and being satisfied with matter.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.”

5. “Refusal to accept the flow of the world is the root of all misery.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.”

6. “There is no such thing as an objective interpretation.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Draupadi learns that both vengeance and justice come at a price. Krishna asks her to forgive and let go. It is difficult. He holds her in his arms and gives her strength. Life is difficult and people are imperfect. Unable to cope with the vagaries of this world, everyone makes mistakes. True love is the ability to love people despite their mistakes.”

7. “Draupadi learns that both vengeance and justice come at a price. Krishna asks her to forgive and let go. It is difficult. He holds her in his arms and gives her strength. Life is difficult and people are imperfect. Unable to cope with the vagaries of this world, everyone makes mistakes. True love is the ability to love people despite their mistakes.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “In Hinduism, dharma means realizing our potential: changing ourselves into the best we theoretically can be. What is that? Humans.”

8. “In Hinduism, dharma means realizing our potential: changing ourselves into the best we theoretically can be. What is that? Humans.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “In the absence of conceptual clarity, the dominant emotion is fear, fear of losing opportunities, fear of threats, fear of achievement, fear of abandonment, fear of invalidation. The emotion of fear impacts the way we think and what we believe. It contaminates the filtering of sensations and choice of responses. It creates a vicious cycle where atma is eclipsed by aham, our judgemental self.”

9. “In the absence of conceptual clarity, the dominant emotion is fear, fear of losing opportunities, fear of threats, fear of achievement, fear of abandonment, fear of invalidation. The emotion of fear impacts the way we think and what we believe. It contaminates the filtering of sensations and choice of responses. It creates a vicious cycle where atma is eclipsed by aham, our judgemental self.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Even perfection is a myth. There is no evidence of a perfect world, a perfect man or a perfect family anywhere on earth. Perfection, be it Rama Rajya or Camelot, exists only in mythology. Yet everyone craves for it. This craving inspires art, establishes empires, sparks revolutions and motivates leaders. Such is the power of myth.”

10. “Even perfection is a myth. There is no evidence of a perfect world, a perfect man or a perfect family anywhere on earth. Perfection, be it Rama Rajya or Camelot, exists only in mythology. Yet everyone craves for it. This craving inspires art, establishes empires, sparks revolutions and motivates leaders. Such is the power of myth.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.”

11. “Mythology is a subjective truth. Every culture imagines life a certain way.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Life is like a river. You can struggle to change its course but ultimately it will go its own way. Bathe.”

12. “Life is like a river. You can struggle to change its course but ultimately it will go its own way. Bathe.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “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.”

13. “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.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Through Karna, Vyasa reiterates that our knowledge of the world is imperfect based on perceptions and false information. We are surrounded by Kuntis who hide the truth in fear. We are surrounded by Karnas, villains who are actually brothers.”

14. “Through Karna, Vyasa reiterates that our knowledge of the world is imperfect based on perceptions and false information. We are surrounded by Kuntis who hide the truth in fear. We are surrounded by Karnas, villains who are actually brothers.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Every human creates his own imagined version of the world, and of himself. Every human is therefore Brahma, creator of his own aham. Aham Brahmasmi, I am Brahma. Tat tvam asi, so are you. We knot our imagination with fear to create aham. Tapasya and yagna are two tools that can help us unknot the mind, outgrow fear and discover atma, our true self.”

15. “Every human creates his own imagined version of the world, and of himself. Every human is therefore Brahma, creator of his own aham. Aham Brahmasmi, I am Brahma. Tat tvam asi, so are you. We knot our imagination with fear to create aham. Tapasya and yagna are two tools that can help us unknot the mind, outgrow fear and discover atma, our true self.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Dharma is about exchange, about giving and receiving, It is about outgrowing animal instincts, outgrowing fear, discovering the ability to feed others, comfort others, enable others to find meaning.”

16. “Dharma is about exchange, about giving and receiving, It is about outgrowing animal instincts, outgrowing fear, discovering the ability to feed others, comfort others, enable others to find meaning.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “God does not hate you, Draupadi. But you are responsible for rejecting Karna on the grounds of caste. A great warrior, he would never have gambled you in a game of dice. You chose a priest instead, who turned out to be a prince, who shared you with his four brothers, but who could not protect you. And so here you are – helpless, humiliated, and alone, in a situation that you inadvertently helped create. Take responsibility for it.”

17. “God does not hate you, Draupadi. But you are responsible for rejecting Karna on the grounds of caste. A great warrior, he would never have gambled you in a game of dice. You chose a priest instead, who turned out to be a prince, who shared you with his four brothers, but who could not protect you. And so here you are – helpless, humiliated, and alone, in a situation that you inadvertently helped create. Take responsibility for it.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Identity based on what we have is aham, not atma.”

18. “Identity based on what we have is aham, not atma.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Through her, the Ramayan reminds us that even a victim can be a winner if he or she refuses to surrender to the circumstance.”

19. “Through her, the Ramayan reminds us that even a victim can be a winner if he or she refuses to surrender to the circumstance.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could ‘most talent’ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.”

20. “The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could ‘most talent’ be determined? So Indian society settled on age.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “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.”

21. “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.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Neither Sita nor Ram let the forest erode their values. Wherever they go, they hold on to the principles of dharma. They may have left Ayodhya, but Ayodhya never leaves them.”

22. “Neither Sita nor Ram let the forest erode their values. Wherever they go, they hold on to the principles of dharma. They may have left Ayodhya, but Ayodhya never leaves them.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Lakshmi massages Vishnu’s feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shiva’s chest. Is this female domination? Shiva is half a woman. Is this gender equality? Why then is Shakti never half a man?”

23. “Lakshmi massages Vishnu’s feet. Is this male domination? Kali stands on Shiva’s chest. Is this female domination? Shiva is half a woman. Is this gender equality? Why then is Shakti never half a man?”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “The Ramayana has never been a tale of Ram’s life. It is a tale of how Ram lived for others. By retelling his tale, storytellers hope to inspire themselves and others to live as Ram did.”

24. “The Ramayana has never been a tale of Ram’s life. It is a tale of how Ram lived for others. By retelling his tale, storytellers hope to inspire themselves and others to live as Ram did.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “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.”

25. “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.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “If Lakshmi brings wealth, then Saraswati brings peace. The two are rarely seen together. Only Ganesha is able to bring them together. He removes the obstacle to wisdom.”

26. “If Lakshmi brings wealth, then Saraswati brings peace. The two are rarely seen together. Only Ganesha is able to bring them together. He removes the obstacle to wisdom.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “If you don’t have imagination, you stop being human; animals don’t have imagination; Alzheimer’s is the death of imagination.”

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

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “All Hindu rituals end with the chant ‘Shanti, shanti, shanti’ because the quest for peace is the ultimate goal of all existence. This peace is not external but internal. It is not about making the world a peaceful place; it is about us being at peace with the world.”

28. “All Hindu rituals end with the chant ‘Shanti, shanti, shanti’ because the quest for peace is the ultimate goal of all existence. This peace is not external but internal. It is not about making the world a peaceful place; it is about us being at peace with the world.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Ramkrishna Paramhansa, the nineteenth-century Bengali mystic, said that the essence of The Gita can be deciphered simply by reversing the syllables that constitute Gita. So Gita, or gi-ta, becomes ta-gi, or tyagi, which means ’one who lets go of possessions.”

29. “Ramkrishna Paramhansa, the nineteenth-century Bengali mystic, said that the essence of The Gita can be deciphered simply by reversing the syllables that constitute Gita. So Gita, or gi-ta, becomes ta-gi, or tyagi, which means ’one who lets go of possessions.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Krishna’s son, Samba, is portrayed in the scriptures as an irresponsible lout, perhaps to inform us that the child of a great man need not be a great man; greatness is not transmitted through the generations. Every man ultimately makes or destroys his own legacy.”

30. “Krishna’s son, Samba, is portrayed in the scriptures as an irresponsible lout, perhaps to inform us that the child of a great man need not be a great man; greatness is not transmitted through the generations. Every man ultimately makes or destroys his own legacy.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Fear is a constant, and faith is a choice. Fear comes from karma, from faith arises dharma.”

31. “Fear is a constant, and faith is a choice. Fear comes from karma, from faith arises dharma.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Rage needs expression. Dhritarashtra expresses it by crushing the iron effigy of Bhima while Gandhari expresses it by burning Yudhishtira’s toe with a glance. Once expressed, rage dissipates and reason returns. One is advised in many parts of India to eat sugar when angry, just like Gandhari did, so as not to end up cursing the Pandavas.”

32. “Rage needs expression. Dhritarashtra expresses it by crushing the iron effigy of Bhima while Gandhari expresses it by burning Yudhishtira’s toe with a glance. Once expressed, rage dissipates and reason returns. One is advised in many parts of India to eat sugar when angry, just like Gandhari did, so as not to end up cursing the Pandavas.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “In time, Radha became a goddess in her own right, the symbol of sacrifice, surrender and unconditional love.”

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

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “The point of existence in this dynamic, ever-changing world then was not to aspire or achieve, but to introspect.”

34. “The point of existence in this dynamic, ever-changing world then was not to aspire or achieve, but to introspect.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.”

35. “Neither death nor wisdom has a full stop. There are only commas-no destinations, only waiting rooms.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “The purpose of life is to grow – materially, intellectually and emotionally. Unfortunately, the Kauravas focus only on material growth. By embracing Krishna, the Pandavas are offered intellectual and emotional growth, besides material growth, that has the power to help them break their own self-imposed limitations.”

36. “The purpose of life is to grow – materially, intellectually and emotionally. Unfortunately, the Kauravas focus only on material growth. By embracing Krishna, the Pandavas are offered intellectual and emotional growth, besides material growth, that has the power to help them break their own self-imposed limitations.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Everybody dies – some suddenly, some slowly, some painfully, some peacefully. No one can escape death. The point is to make the most of life – enjoy it, celebrate it, learn from it, make sense of it, share it with fellow human beings – so that when death finally comes, it will not be such a terrible thing.”

37. “Everybody dies – some suddenly, some slowly, some painfully, some peacefully. No one can escape death. The point is to make the most of life – enjoy it, celebrate it, learn from it, make sense of it, share it with fellow human beings – so that when death finally comes, it will not be such a terrible thing.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “According to Vedic scriptures, God does not ‘create’ this world. He simply made all creatures aware of it. Awareness leads to discovery. Discovery is creation.”

38. “According to Vedic scriptures, God does not ‘create’ this world. He simply made all creatures aware of it. Awareness leads to discovery. Discovery is creation.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Do you see me as hero, villain or victim? If yes, then you are not doing darshan. If you can empathize with the fears that make people heroes, villains and victims, then you are doing darshan. For then you look beyond the boundaries that separate you from the rest.”

39. “Do you see me as hero, villain or victim? If yes, then you are not doing darshan. If you can empathize with the fears that make people heroes, villains and victims, then you are doing darshan. For then you look beyond the boundaries that separate you from the rest.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Taken psychologically, the idea of rebirth is about having multiple opportunities to break the cycle of fear and find meaning, without ‘consuming’ anyone.”

40. “Taken psychologically, the idea of rebirth is about having multiple opportunities to break the cycle of fear and find meaning, without ‘consuming’ anyone.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Treta yuga, when the bull of dharma stands on three legs. Krishna’s story takes place in a later, third quarter of the world, the Dvapara yuga, when the bull of dharma stands on two legs.”

41. “Treta yuga, when the bull of dharma stands on three legs. Krishna’s story takes place in a later, third quarter of the world, the Dvapara yuga, when the bull of dharma stands on two legs.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.”

42. “Mythology is a vast body of knowledge that has not been tapped.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Janaka told her to bring happiness into marriage, rather than seek happiness from it.”

43. “Janaka told her to bring happiness into marriage, rather than seek happiness from it.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “We can never know everything and we can never be sure. All information is incomplete, and all readings distorted by personal prejudice. And yet we have to take decisions all the time and hope the results favour us. Bhartrihari.”

44. “We can never know everything and we can never be sure. All information is incomplete, and all readings distorted by personal prejudice. And yet we have to take decisions all the time and hope the results favour us. Bhartrihari.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Such is the nature of man-made laws: ignorant of the past and insensitive to the present.”

45. “Such is the nature of man-made laws: ignorant of the past and insensitive to the present.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Who decides what justice is? How does one end this unending spiral of revenge where everyone believes they are right and their opponents are wrong?”

46. “Who decides what justice is? How does one end this unending spiral of revenge where everyone believes they are right and their opponents are wrong?”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “I am Sunday and all holidays,’ said Kama. ‘A day without rules and all fun.’ ‘I am Monday and all workdays,’ said Yama. ‘A day with rules and tasks to do.”

47. “I am Sunday and all holidays,’ said Kama. ‘A day without rules and all fun.’ ‘I am Monday and all workdays,’ said Yama. ‘A day with rules and tasks to do.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Do not surrender to a situation that nurtures the ego.”

48. “Do not surrender to a situation that nurtures the ego.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “Dharma is more about empathy than ethics, about intent rather than outcome. I follow dharma when I am concerned about your material, emotional or intellectual hunger. I follow adharma when I focus on my hunger at the cost of yours.”

49. “Dharma is more about empathy than ethics, about intent rather than outcome. I follow dharma when I am concerned about your material, emotional or intellectual hunger. I follow adharma when I focus on my hunger at the cost of yours.”

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Devdutt Pattanaik Quote: “The wise want nothing but accept whatever comes their way, letting it pass when it is time to part ways. Ram is.”

50. “The wise want nothing but accept whatever comes their way, letting it pass when it is time to part ways. Ram is.”

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