Reading Notes: Mahabharata Part C

Riddles at the Lake

  • While still in exile, the Pandava brothers thought to leave the forest
  • before they could leave, a strange adventure awaited them 
  • one of them climbed a banyan tree to look for water
  • they found a pond nearby and Yudhishthira sent Nakula towards it
  • Nakula went and a voice said to him that he should answer some questions and if he does not he should not drink the water
  • Nakula was so thirsty and afraid he drank the water anyways
  • Nakula died instantly 
  • Sahadeva followed him and was confused why his brother had died, he also did the same thing and fell dead
  • Arjuna and Bhima repeated the same 
  • Yudhishthira was next to approach the pond
  • he was smart and responded to the voice, agreeing to answer his questions 
  • Yudhishthira got all the questions right and the voice revealed himself in the form of Dharma: god of wisdom and justice 
  • Dharma granted Yudhishthira two boons 
  • he wished for his brothers to be restored to life and that they should have power to remain unrecognizable by anyone in the three worlds for a year 
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