Column by Devdutt Pattanaik | Narada: the original provocateur

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‘Nara means human. Narayana means the afloat  imaginable   of humanity. Narada comes successful  between’

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‘Who is the astir chaste pistillate successful the world,’ asked Narada. This created chaos successful the heavens, particularly erstwhile the entity said nary was much chaste than Anasuya, woman of sage Atri. So, the 3 large gods went to Anasuya successful the signifier of 3 handsome sages.

‘How whitethorn I service you,’ asked Anasuya. Give america the beverage of your body, they asked, knowing afloat good that Anasuya was childless. But she was not hurt. She looked up astatine the 3 men arsenic if they were her children and instantly beverage flowed from her breasts and the 3 gods transformed into infants — her babies.

Published - April 17, 2026 06:06 americium IST

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