Immortals Of Meluha Quotes

Whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune tellers.

A person's ethics and character are not tested in good times. It is only in bad times that a person shows how steadfast he is to his dharma.

The most powerful force in a woman's life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

A man becomes a Mahadev, only when he fights for good. A Mahadev is not born from his mother's womb. He is forged in the heat of battle, when he wages a war to destroy evil. Har Har Mahadev - All of us are Mahadev.

his burden didn't feel any lighter. but he felt strong enough to carry it

I don't believe in symbolic gods.I believe that god exists all around us.In the flow of the river,in the rustle of the trees,in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time.all we need to do is listen.

Hate is not the opposite of Love. It is apathy.

There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appear obvious. Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact opposite may also be true in another context. After all, one's reality is but perception, viewed through various prisms of context.

Don't turn blue all over now.

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 their interpersonal behaviour or their transactions.

the most powerful force in a woman’s life is the need to be appreciated, loved and cherished for what she is.

any philosophy, no matter how perfect, works only for a finite period.

If the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights. Since everybodys's rights would be automatically taken care of through someone else's duties.

There are no bystanders in a dharmayudh - it is a holy war.

If you make a person believe that his misfortune in this birth is due to his sins in his previous birth, he will resign himself to his fate and not vent his fury on society at large.

People do what their society rewards them for doing. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting.

The moment that every unrealised heart craves for. The unforgettable instant that a soul, clinging on to the purest memory of its previous life, longs for. The second, that in spite of a conspiracy of the gods, only a few lucky men experience. The moment when she enters his life.

It is his intense desire to impress the person he loves most,

Stability allows a person the freedom of choice, my friend. People can pursue their dreams only when they are living in a society where survival is not threatened on a daily basis.

There is no "your god" or "my god". All godliness comes from the same source. Just the manifestations are different.

Exactly!’ The pandit beamed again. ‘So think about the colour of that leaf from the perspective of the leaf itself, the colours it absorbs and the one it rejects. Is its colour green? Or is it every single colour in the world except green?

whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune-tellers.

And if there is anything that appears like a miracle, the only explanation is that a scientific reason for it has not been discovered as yet.

People do what their society rewards them to do. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting.

knowledge has its context. Unless you know the context, you may not understand the point.

And most of the times, the rebellions were not led by farsighted men who thought they would create a better way of life for the common man. They were led by men discontented with their lot in life.

The simple truth hit Shiva: if the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights. Since everybody’s rights would be automatically taken care of through someone else’s duties. Lord Ram was a genius!

Do you know what is the most powerful force in a man’s life?’ asked Daksha. Kanakhala and Parvateshwar looked at Daksha nonplussed. ‘It is his intense desire to impress the person he loves the most,’ expounded Daksha.

we believe that everything in the world is a carrier of shakti or energy. The plants, animals, objects, 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.

conversational journey to find knowledge makes attaining it that much more satisfying,

If you want something from someone, you have to give that person something they want.

Lord Ram had himself said that any philosophy, no matter how perfect, works only for a finite period. That

God of Gods. Destroyer of Evil. Passionate lover. Fierce warrior. Consummate dancer. Charismatic leader. All-powerful, yet incorruptible. A quick wit, accompanied by an equally quick and fearsome temper. Over the centuries, no foreigner who came to our land – conqueror, merchant, scholar, ruler, traveller – believed that such a great man could possibly have existed in reality. They assumed that he must have been a mythical God, whose

The difference between two dissimilar ways of life gets portrayed as a fight between good and evil. Just

I believe in science. It provides a solution and a rationale for everything. And if there is anything that appears like a miracle, the only explanation is that a scientific reason for it has not been discovered as yet.

he genuinely believes that good behaviour begets good behaviour. Shiva remembered what his uncle, also his Guru, used to say. ‘People do what their society rewards them for doing. If the society rewards trust, people will be trusting.

People are happy when their life changes for the better. But there are two situations in which change can lead to chaos. First, when people face a change imposed by others, in situations that they cannot understand. This scares them almost as much as the fear of death. When change happens too fast, they resist it.

His burden didn’t feel any lighter. But he felt strong enough to carry it.

I am the Neelkanth!

The second is when people cannot make the transition they want in order to improve their lives for reasons beyond their control.

Only your karma is important. Not your birth. Not your sex. And certainly not the colour of your throat. Our entire society is based on merit.

every man or woman had to earn his station in life with training and preparation, and not just receive it on a silver platter because of a blue throat.

one’s reality is but perception, viewed through various prisms of context.

if the entire society was conscious of its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights.

in every single human being. All we have to do is listen to

People do what their society rewards them for doing.

rationale

any philosophy, no matter how perfect, works only for a finite period. That is the law of nature and cannot be avoided.

You need energy for everything that you do. You have to source the energy from around you. It comes from people, from objects, from Mother Earth herself. You have to ask for it respectfully.

So think about the colour of that leaf from the perspective of the leaf itself. What colour it absorbs and what it rejects. Is its colour green? Or is it every single colour in the world, except green?’ Shiva

I don’t believe in symbolic gods. I believe that the real god exists all around us. In the flow of the river, in the rustle of the trees, in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time. All we need to do is listen.

Flexibility in a society allows change, so that all its members have the space to discover their true selves and grow to their potential. And if every person in a society achieves his true potential, society as a whole also achieves its true potential.

There are many realities. There are many versions of what may appear obvious,’ continued the Pandit. ‘Whatever appears as the unshakeable truth, its exact opposite may also be true in another context. After all, one’s reality is but perception, viewed through various prisms of context.’ Shiva

You don’t need to apologise, my friend,’ smiled the Pandit. There is no “your god” or “;my god”. All godliness comes from the same source. Just the manifestations are different. But I have a feeling that one day you will find a temple worth walking into just for prayer, not to admire its beauty.

As he sat down, he breathed in deeply and let the tranquil atmosphere suffuse him with its serenity. And then it happened. The moment that every unrealised heart craves for. The unforgettable instant that a soul, clinging on to the purest memory of its previous life, longs for. The moment which, in spite of a conspiracy of the gods, only a few lucky men experience. The moment when she enters his life.

கஷ்டம் நேரும்போதுதான் அவன் எவ்விதம் தர்மத்தைக் காப்பாற்றுகிறான் என்பது தெரிய வரும்.

கடைப் பிடிக்கிறோம் என்றுதான் அர்த்தம். சூரியனின் பாதையை பின்பற்றி நடப்பவர்கள் என்றும் வைத்துக்கொள்ளலாம். உலக வாழ்வைப் பொறுத்தவரை, தைரியம் நிறைந்தவர்கள்; எதிலும் உறுதியாய் நிற்பவர்கள். உயிரே போனாலும் வாக்குத் தவறமாட்டோம்; வார்த்தை மீறமாட்டோம். சட்டத்தை எப்போதும், எக்காரணம் கொண்டும் மீறமாட்டோம். நியாயமற்று நடப்போரிடத்திலும்கூட நியாயத்தைக் காட்டுவதே எங்கள் பண்பாடு. சூரியனைப் போல், நாங்களும் யாரிடமும் எதையும் பெறுவதில்லை; அளிக்க மட்டுமே செய்வோம். நாங்கள் ஆற்ற வேண்டிய கடமைகள் எங்கள் உயிரிலேயே

அவருக்குக்

and

आत्मा की अभिलाषाओं का अंतिम विनाशक मृत्यु है।

else’s duties. Lord Ram was a genius!

chillum

That is exactly why it is good, my friend. No idiot who smokes this is scared of forgetting.' Shiva lit up his chillum, took a deep drag and continued, 'They are scared of not forgetting.

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Stability allows a person the freedom of choice, my friend. People can pursue their dreams only when they are living in a society where survival is not a daily threat. In a society without security and stability, there are no intellectuals or businessmen or artists or geniuses.

एखाद्या यशस्वी समाजाला काय हवं असत? हे नीळकंठा, अशा समाजाला स्थैर्य आणि लवचिकता या दोन्ही गोष्टी हव्या असतात. तुम्हाला लवचिकता कशासाठी हवी असते? कारण प्रत्येक व्यक्तीची वेगवेगळी स्वप्नं असतात आणि प्रत्येकाकडे वेगवेगळ्या क्षमता असतात. एखाद्या लढवय्यानं जन्म दिलेल्या त्याच्या स्वतःच्या मुलाकडे कदाचित व्यापारासाठी आवश्यक असलेले गुणधर्म असतील. अशा वेळी आपल्या वडलांचा व्यवसाय सोडून देऊन आपल्या क्षमतेनुसार योग्य व्यवसाय निवडू देण्याचं स्वातंत्र्य त्या मुलाला देण्याएवढा तो समाज लवचीक असला पाहिजे. समाजातील लवचिकतेमुळे बदल घडू शकतो. त्यामुळे समाजातील सर्वच लोकांना आपापल्या अस्तित्वाचा वेध घेता येतो. त्यांनाही मोकळेपणानं श्वास घेण्यास जागा मिळते. आपल्या क्षमतेचा विकास करून घेता येतो. जर समाजातील प्रत्येक व्यक्तीला तिच्या क्षमतेचा योग्य विकास करून घेता आला, तर तो संपूर्ण समाज आपल्या खऱ्या क्षमतेपर्यंत पोहचतो.

steps,

അത് ശരിയാണ് സ്വാമി. കാലക്രമേണ ഈ തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പ് രീതിക്ക് അതിന്‍റെ സത്യസന്ധത നഷ്‍ടമായി. ബ്രാഹ്മണരുടെ മക്കള്‍ ബ്രാഹ്മണരായി തീര്‍ന്നു.

ജാതി

But over time this process of selection lost its fairness. Children of Brahmins became Brahmins. Children of Kshatriyas became Kshatriyas and so on.

man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune-tellers.

I really do love their constant theorising about everything under the sun.

Sometimes one needs a little bit of faith when faced with a difficult situation. Rational answers don't always work. We also need a miracle.

Change forced by others is difficult to accept. And too rapid a change causes instability.

നിന്‍റെ നിയോഗം ഈ വിശാലമായ പര്‍വ്വതങ്ങളേക്കാള്‍ വലുതാണ്. പക്ഷേ, അതൊരു യാഥാര്‍ത്ഥ്യമാക്കി തീര്‍ക്കണമെങ്കില്‍ ആ മഹാപര്‍വ്വതങ്ങളെത്തന്നെ നീ മറികടക്കണം.” ന

പര്‍വ്വതനിരകളില്‍ ഒരു പെണ്‍പുലിയെപ്പോലെ ഗര്‍ജ്ജിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരുന്ന പരാക്രമിയായ ഝലം നദി താഴ്വരയിലെത്തുമ്പോള്‍ ആലസ്യമാര്‍ന്ന ഒരു പശുവിന്‍റെ ഭാവമാര്‍ജ്ജിച്ചിരുന്നു. കാശ്മീര്‍ എന്ന സ്വര്‍ഗ്ഗഭൂമിയെ തലോടിക്കൊണ്ടാണ് വളഞ്ഞുപുളഞ്ഞൊഴുകുന്ന ആ നദി ദാല്‍ തടാകത്തിലേക്ക് എത്തിച്ചേരുന്നത്.

The universe bows to Lord Shiva, I bow to Lord Shiva.

Remember, whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune-tellers.’ Shiva

The simple truth hit Shiva: if the entire society carried out its duties, nobody would need to fight for their individual rights since everybody’s rights would automatically be taken care of by someone else’s duties. Lord Ram was indeed a genius!

பண்பாட்டிற்கும் நாகரீகத்திற்கும் பெயர் போன சமூகம் ஒன்றை அமைப்பதையே தன் வாழ்நாளின் குறிக்கோளாகக் கொண்டிருந்ததால், அரச பதவியையும், அணிபணி ஆபரணங்களையும் துறந்து, கோயில் அர்ச்சகராக மாறினார். இன்னும் சொல்லப்போனால், இப்போது கோயில்களில் பூஜை செய்வோரை நாம் மரியாதையாகப் பண்டிதர் என்றழைக்கிறோமல்லவா? மனுப்பிரபுவின் வம்சத்தார் பெயரான ’பாண்டியா’விலிருந்து மருவியது அது.

தன் வழித்தோன்றல்கள் யாரும் நர்மதைக்குத் தெற்கே ஒரு போதும் செல்லக்கூடாது; சென்றால், திரும்பக் கூடாது என்பது மனுவின் கடுமையான கட்டளை.

மனுவைத் ‘தந்தை’ என்று நீங்கள் கூறியது உண்மைதான்,’’ என்றார் ப்ரஹஸ்பதி. ‘‘நம் நாகரீகத்திற்கே உருவம் கொடுத்தவர் என்று இந்திய மக்கள் அனைவராலும் ஏற்றப்படுபவர் அவர்.

மனுப்பிரபு ஏறக்குறைய எட்டரை ஆயிரம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் வாழ்ந்தவர். தென்னிந்தியாவைச் சேர்ந்த இளவரசர் என்று சொல்வதுண்டு. அதாவது, நர்மதை நதி தீரத்தைத் தாண்டி, பூமி முடிந்து பெருங்கடல் தோன்றும் பகுதி. அந்த நிலப்பரப்பிற்கு சங்கத்தமிழ் என்று பெயர்.

சங்கத்தமிழ்?’’ ‘‘ஆம். அப்போது உலகில் செல்வத்திலும் செல்வாக்கிலும் மிகச் சிறந்து விளங்கிய நாடு அது ஒன்று மட்டுமே. மனுப்பிரபு தோன்றிய பாண்டிய வம்சம், எத்தனையோ தலைமுறைகளாய் ஆட்சி செய்து வளப்படுத்திய பூமி.

அவரைப் பின்பற்றியோரை அழைத்துக்கொண்டு, பல கப்பல்களில், மேற்கே, உயரமான நிலப்பரப்பிற்கு குடிபெயர்ந்தார். இன்றைய மெலூஹாவில், மேற்கு மலைகளினுள்ளே இருக்கும் மெஹ்ராகர்ஹ் என்ற இடத்தில் முதன்முதலில் இறங்கினார்.

विकर्म न

Because we balance each other. The Vishnu’s role is to transmit positive energy,’ said the Pandit. The white lines pouring feverishly out of the Pandit seemed to flutter a bit whenever he spoke. ‘And the Mahadev’s role is to absorb the negative. Search for it.

Sometimes one needs a little faith when faced with a difficult situation. Rational answers don’t always work. Sometimes we need a miracle.

You’re talking about miracles? A scientist?’ ‘You can have scientific miracles, too,

I believe that god exists all around us. In the flow of the river, in the rustle of the trees, in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time. All we need to do is listen.

இலையின் கோணத்திலிருந்து அதன் வர்ணத்தைப் பற்றி யோசி. அது எந்தெந்த நிறங்களை உள்வாங்கிக் கொள்கிறது; எவற்றைப் புறந்தள்ளுகிறது? அதன் நிறம் உண்மையில் பச்சைதானா? அல்லது - பச்சை தவிர்த்து உலகின் அத்தனை நிறங்களுமா?

இந்தப் பிரபஞ்சத்தை நாம் காணும் பலவித பார்வைகளில், வடிவங்களில், இரட்டைத்தன்மையும் ஒரு அங்கம். ஆண்மை, பெண்மை, போல. அசுரர்களும், சூர்யவம்சிகளும் ஆண்தன்மையைக் குறிப்பவர்கள். தேவர்களும், சந்திரவம்சிகளும், பெண்தன்மையின் பிரதிநிதிகள். பெயர்கள் மாறலாம் - ஆனால், அவை உருவகப்படுத்தும் சக்திகளென்னவோ, காலங்காலமாய், ஒன்றேதான். எப்போதும், என்றென்றும் நிலைத்திருக்கும். இரண்டில் எதையும் அழிக்க முடியாது. முயன்றால், இந்தப் பிரபஞ்சமே தூள் தூளாகச் சிதறிவிடும்.

பாரம் குறையவில்லை. ஆனால், அதைச் சுமக்கும் சக்தி வந்துவிட்டது.

lake, the shimmering light reflected off the waters and picked out the numerous battle scars that marked his muscular body. Shiva recalled his carefree childhood days, when he had perfected the art of skimming

பத்ரா அவரது கட்டளையைத் தெரிவிக்க, மற்ற குணா வீரர்கள் உடனடியாக அதற்குக் கீழ்ப்படிந்தனர். மறைவாக வைக்கப்பட்டிருந்த

I don’t believe in symbolic gods. I believe that god exists all around us. In

provides a solution and a rationale for everything. And if there is anything that appears like a miracle, the only explanation is that a scientific reason for it has not been discovered as yet.

Shiva grinned apologetically. ‘You guessed right. I don’t believe in symbolic gods. I believe that god exists all around us. In the flow of the river, in the rustle of the trees, in the whisper of the winds. He speaks to us all the time. All we need to do is listen. However, I apologise if I have caused some offence by not being respectful towards your god.

All knowledge has its context. Unless you know the context, you may not understand the point.

Remember, whether a man is a legend or not is decided by history, not fortune-tellers.