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Devdutt Pattanaik Column: How many eyes do you have?

<p>&lsquo;With a woman by your side, you are like the three-eyed Shiva. Without her, you are the one-eye Shukra, though you may look like the two-eyed Kama.&rsquo; Tenali Raman, the famous court, jester is supposed to have composed these lines</p>

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‘With a woman by your side, you are like the three-eyed Shiva. Without her, you are the one-eye Shukra, though you may look like the two-eyed Kama.’ Tenali Raman, the famous court, jester is supposed to have composed these lines. Are these words of praise or an insult to a one-eyed warrior or courtier? We can never be sure.

Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik
Illustration/Devdutt Pattanaik

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