Boons & Curses

Devlok With Devdutt Pattanaik • Season 1 • Episode 7

About this episode

Hindu narratives offer explanations for any event. Good things happen because of boons bad things happen because of a curse. Boons and curses served as narrative tools to explain the idea of karma.In this episode, Devdutt provides stories of some interesting boons and curses that resulted in grave consequences. Some stories like that of Kaikeyi and Dasharatha talk about a boon given to Kaikeyi by Dasharatha that takes an interesting turn when Dasharatha is forced to send his son Rama on exile. This event is said to be the result of a curse given to Dasharatha by Shravan Kumars parents when he was a young prince. Watch the episode to understand this phenomenon of boons and curses.