Yudhishthira's Wisdom

Yudhishthira's Wisdom: Shanta Rameshwar, India

Summary

The Mahabharata, a well-known Hindu mythology, served as the inspiration for this tale. It is a moral tale that teaches us the value of knowledge, fairness, morality, patience, bravery, and good living.

One day, Yudhishthira begins a deer hunt in a forest with his four brothers (Pandavs). They are currently thirsty and exhausted. Yudhishthira therefore sent his brothers to look for water. They do not, however, ever come back. It makes Yudhishthira's feel extremely unhappy and goes for hunting his brothers. He comes to a stunning pool with clean, refreshing water as he begins to walk. He also sees his four dead and comatose brothers. Before getting a drink of water, he hears the voice calling for an answer. The voice is a caution not to consume the water prior to providing a response. In actuality, Yaksha is the voice.

After submitting to Yaksha, Yudhishthira quenches his thirst. He also responds appropriately to Yaksha's philosophical queries. Yaksha appreciates Yudhishthira's insight. He manifests as Yama and instructs Yudhishthira to pick which of the brothers he wants to save. Because, aside from him, all of the brothers had already drunk the water against the voice's warning—it was the voice of Yaksha—and as a result of the voice's curses, they all collapsed to the ground and passed out.

Yudhishthira makes his decision only based on moral grounds, not on his own egotistical demands. He begs his brother Nakula, the sole son of his stepmother, to be spared without being self-centered. yastmastmastmastmastmas, and. Even more, he claims to have restored all of his brothers. Yaksha also provides him with some helpful guidance on where to go next and makes a commitment to protect them from future difficulties. This story emphasizes the significance of wisdom, patience, courage, honesty, fairness, and morality in order to forge a successful life and solve all of life's puzzles.

Application of Four Levels:

• Literal Comprehension
  • This narrative is based on the "Mahabharata" of Hindu mythology. Yudhishthira and his four younger brothers went deer hunting in the forest one day. They were suddenly thirsty and unable to locate any water. Finally, Yudhishthira makes the decision to dispatch each of his brothers to inquire and fetch water. All of the brothers search the water, but no one comes back. Yudhishthira then travels to look for his brothers' whereabouts. He finds the water and begins to move when he finds all of the brothers asleep and lying on the ground. As he makes the decision to drink some water, a mysterious voice warns him not to do so without first answering some questions. Naturally, that is Yaksha's voice, and because his brothers defied it and drank the water, they perished as a result of the transgression. But Yudhishthira firmly obeys Yaksha and provides the appropriate response to those philosophical queries. Yaksha is delighted by Yudhishthira's insight. Then he instructs him to choose one of his brothers' lives to spare. Yudhishthira chooses his younger brother Nakula from his stepmother over his brother from his own mother without any sense of self-centeredness. Yaksha commends him for his intelligence and orders him to rescue the lives of all his brothers. He even makes a commitment to support them in their future adversity.
• Interpretation
  • The Mahabharata serves as the source for this mythical tale. The main theme of this tale is Yudhisthira's justice. It emphasizes the importance of reason, patience, and devotion to God as admirable human traits. If we conduct any work honestly, the results are creative. The moral of the narrative seems to be that we should do our jobs honestly and faithfully. If we have a selfish and thoughtless attitude, it will degrade both our personalities and mankind as a whole. Again, the logical, pragmatic, and philosophical responses to the problems posed by Yudhisthira can be informed. Another important takeaway from this narrative is to treat your brother with the respect, love, and compassion he deserves. This tale demonstrates the value of wisdom, correct behavior, and godly patience and obedience. Man's most effective defense against danger is courage, and if he can let go of his ego, everyone will love him. This is a moral tale that teaches us that if we pursue truth, justice, and morality, as Yudhishthira did, we can achieve success in life.
• Critical Thinking
  • This tale instills in us the value of morals, honesty, decency, patience, wisdom, justice, fairness, and bravery. These things have enlightened the globe. We have accomplished many things as a result of this courage. These are excellent concepts that are present throughout the narrative. Some of the story's concepts, meanwhile, are less compelling. Exists a God? If so, why do they exist? Would everyone concur that God's might makes the sun shine? Can the deceased return to life? How far can it be claimed that being happier entails having less anger? Can we honestly argue that perseverance, morality, and good deeds are rewarded on this planet?
• Assimilation
  • This tale has had a significant impact on me. The path of Yudhisgthira, where one's life succeeds despite several obstacles and hardships, has taught me a good moral and lesson. if he or she possesses the necessary courage, endurance, wisdom, honesty, and fairness. A person will undoubtedly live forever in this world if they do good, cherish all living things, adhere to right and truth, have the bravery and patience to do so, and use their intelligence.

Write the Yaksha perspective in the tale "Yudhishthira Wisdom."

Ans

I am Yaksha, the father of the Pandava brothers in heaven. While shooting a deer in the forest, Yudhishthira and his four brothers experienced thirst. Sahadev, his youngest sibling, was approaching the pool to get a drink, but I asked him to wait until he had before responding to my questions. He ignored me, though, and drank the water. I thus chastised him, and he soon passed away. Similar to Nakula, Arjun, and Bhim, other brothers ignored my commands and disobeyed me. They were all killed after I punished them similarly to Sahadev. Yudhishthira finally made it to the vicinity of the pool to sip water. But he was the one who always followed my orders and answered each of those questions correctly.

When I noticed Yudhishthira's wisdom, I was overjoyed. I then instructed him to pick a brother to spare his life. Without hesitation or self-interest, Yudhishthira chose Nakula, his younger brother from his stepmother. I was extremely impressed by his greatest intelligence, forbearance, courage, and sincerity, and I urged him to spare the lives of all of his brothers. Finally, I told him that I would support them through their difficulties and difficult circumstances.

Referance

(Subedi, K.P. and Bhandari, M.B. (2014). Business English. Kathmandu: Highland Publication P. Ltd.)