When evil reaches epic proportions, when all seems lost, when it appears that your enemies have triumphed, a hero will emerge.
Amongst our people, we believe that everything in the world is a carrier of shakti or energy. The plants, animals, object, our bodies, everything carries and transmits energy. But the biggest carrier of energy that we are physically in touch with is Mother Earth herself – the ground that we walk on.
The most powerful force in a women’s life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.
Make the main objective of the enemy difficult and they will completely lose the will to fight.
In the Kshatriya way, to laugh in the face of death was the ultimate mark of a man.
‘I understand your longing, my friend,’ whispered Brahaspati. ‘But what you are hoping for is quite difficult. Almost impossible.’
‘It can’t be easy when it’s so valuable, can it?’
The greatest joy derived from dancing is when you do for no reason at all.
Sometimes one needs a little bit of faith when faced with a difficult situation. Reason doesn’t always work. We may also need a miracle.
Blessing of the Impure: He still loves a country that treats him so unfairly. Why? Even worse he doesn’t even appear to think he’s being treated unfairly. I will stop this nonsense.
Everything in his mind, body and soul told him that he should pursue Sati. That his life would be meaningless without her. That his soul’s existence would be incomplete without her.
Pandit of Mohan Jo Daro: You are aware that the cloth which has been spun into your clothes, is created when cotton threads are woven together, right? Similarly, transactions are threads that when woven together make up a society, its culture. Or in the case of a person, they weave together his character. If you want to know the strength of a cloth, you inspect the quality of its weave. If you want to understand a person’s character, look closely at his interpersonal behavior or his transactions. Transactions are interactions between two individuals. It could be trading goods, like a Shudra farmer offering grain for money from a Vaishya. But it could also be beyond material concerns, like a Kshatriya offering protection to a society in return for power. Transactions are about give and take. If you want something from someone, you have to give the person something he wants. Try and understand Sati’s transactions. What do you think she wants?
He shut his eyes. But how do you shut your eyes to an image that is branded on your mind? He pulled his knees up and rested his head upon them. Then he did the only that helped. He cried.
The Sun & Earth: Have you heard about the poem of the sun and the earth? Apparently the earth sometimes thinks of the possibility of coming closer to the sun, but she can’t do that. She is so base and his brilliance so searing, that she will cause destruction if she draws him closer. The sun doesn’t exist merely for the earth. It exists for every single planet in the solar system. The moment he becomes the sun, he answers a higher calling. He does not exist for himself. He exists for the greater good. His luminosity is the lifeblood of the solar system. And if the earth has any sense of responsibility, she will not do anything to destroy this balance. The earth isn’t going anywhere. The sun and the earth can still share a warm friendship. But anything more is against the laws. It is against the interests of others.
The Battle of Koonj: Death brings to a final end a soul’s aspirations. Ironically, however, it is sometimes the hovering imminence of the need itself which gives a soul the courage to challenge every constraint and express even a long-denied dream.
Island of the Individual: Freedom. Freedom for the wretched to also have dignity. Something impossible in Meluha’s system of governance.
Everything happens for a reason. If you are going through this turmoil, there is a divine plan in it.
You cannot drop from the sky knowing everything, can you? You would have to enter the equation from one side or the other. And whichever side you entered from, you would obviously be colored by their ways, while viewing the other side as evil.
His burden didn’t feel any lighter. But he felt strong enough to carry it.
