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It is a popular belief that the Ramayana is idealistic while the Mahabharata is realistic. Yet these two epics have identical building blocks, identical themes and identical history. In this groundbreaking book, Devdutt Pattanaik, India’s most popular mythologist, explores the similarities and dissimilarities between the two epics in a ‘playful analysis’. Whether it is the family structure, forest exile or war, the comparison between the two epics proves a startling point - the Mahabharata is in fact a reaction to the events in the Ramayana.

Bhaarteey jeevan-dhaara mein jin granthon ka mahattvapoorn sthaan hai unmein puraan bhakti granthon ke roop mein bahut mahattvapoorn maane jaate hain. Puraan-saahitya bhaarateey jeevan aur saahitya kee akshunn nidhi hain. Inmein maanav jeevan ke utkarsh aur apkarsh kee anek gaathayen miltee hain. Karmkaand se gyaan kee or aate hue bhaarateey maanas chintan ke baad bhakti kee aviral dhaara pravaahit huee.

Puraan saahitya bhaarateey saahitya aur jeevan kee akshunn nidhi hai. Inmein maanav jeevan ke utkarsh aur apkarsh kee anek gaathaen miltee hain. Atthaarah puraanon mein alag-alag devi- devataon ko kendr mein rakhkar paap aur punya, dharm aur adharm, karm aur akarm kee gaathaen kahee gaee hain. Is roop mein puraanon ka pathan aur aadhunik jeevan kee seema mein moolyon kee sthaapna aaj ke manushy ko ek nishchit disha de sakta hai.