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" We shall address you as Nilakantha Bhairavi.’
‘Why Nilakantha?’
‘Because like Shiva, your throat is blue with a truth that threatens our sense of order. With compassion you withhold it and suffer it, until we are wise enough to receive it.’
‘You equate my truth with poison?’
‘The truth is not poison. It is our inability to handle it that makes it poisonous.’
‘Why Bhairavi?’
‘Because you terrify us with the infinite possibilities of the world. Tell us there is always something we do not know. You demand that we widen our vision and our vocabulary, so that we make room for all, and are frightened of nothing. "

Devdutt Pattanaik , The Pregnant King


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Devdutt Pattanaik quote : We shall address you as Nilakantha Bhairavi.’<br />‘Why Nilakantha?’<br />‘Because like Shiva, your throat is blue with a truth that threatens our sense of order. With compassion you withhold it and suffer it, until we are wise enough to receive it.’<br />‘You equate my truth with poison?’<br />‘The truth is not poison. It is our inability to handle it that makes it poisonous.’<br />‘Why Bhairavi?’<br />‘Because you terrify us with the infinite possibilities of the world. Tell us there is always something we do not know. You demand that we widen our vision and our vocabulary, so that we make room for all, and are frightened of nothing.