0174 Tales of Yudhisthira

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Yu d h i s h t h i r a , t h e e ld e s t o f t h e f i v e P a n d a v a p r i n ce s ,w a s b o r n t o K u n t i b y t h e g ra c e o f Ya m a . Hi s

a c t i o n s w e r e f r e e f r o m p a s s io n a n d p re ju d ic e . He

c a m e t o b e co n s id e re d t h e v e ry e m b o d i m e n t o f

D h a r m a a n d w a s r es p e ct f u l ly r e f e r r ed t o a s

D h a r m a r a j a .

Ya m a , t h e a w e -i n s p i r i n g Go d o f d e a t h , is a ls o r eve re d

a s t h e Lo r d o f Ju s t i c e . A c c o r d i n g t o H i n d u b el ie f , a ll

l iv in g b e i n gs r e a p t h e f r u i t o f t h e i r a c t i o n s a f t e r

d e a t h . Ya m a a d m i n i s t e rs j u s t i ce t o a ll t h e b e in g sb r o u g h t b e f o re h i m . Si n c e h e m e t e s o u t j u s t ic e s t r i c

t l y a c c o r d i n g t o D h a rm a , h e i s c a l l e d Y a m a d h a r m a .

W h o e ls e c o u l d t e s t Yu d h i s h t h i ra b u t Ya m a d h a r m a ?

Yu d h i s h t h i r a e m e r g ed f r o m t h e o r d ea l s a s t r o n ge r

s o u l .

W h e n y o u b u y a Ch i t r a Ka th a

m a k e s u re i t i s A m a r C h i t r a Ka t ha

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THE FOREST OF DWAITAVANA, THERE UVED A PIOUS BRAHMANS M OST PRECIOUS POSSESS ION WAS A PAIR. OF SHAM! * STICKS ,HICH SET OFF SPARKS WHEN RUBBED AGAINST EACH OTHER.


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MYSTICKS

WHEN THE STICKS WERE NOT IN USEHE WOULD HUNG THEM OH A TREE.ONE DAY WHEN HE WAS AWAY...

. . .AND THEY GOT ENTANGLED INI TS ANTLERS .

LATER , WHEN THE 6RAHMANRETURNED TO HIS COTTAGE


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TALES O f YU DHISHTHIR A

E DROPPED THE BUNDLE OP DRY TWIGS AND RAN AFTER THE PEEK

THE BRAHMAN, WHO WAS NO MATCHTHE SW IFT ANIMAL, SOON HAD TO: UP THE CHASE, f ---------------------

^ V l H A V E LOST MY PRECIOUSSTICK9 FOREVER. WHAT fg| ;

SHALL I 00 ? WHOM /H P ^ L S H A L L 1 TURN TO FOR

h e l p ? (t imkiwi

AS HE TURNED TO GO BACK TO HISHERMITAGE, A THOUGHT SUDDENLY

5m cKJ M -5 ^ r - T ^ \ m m - x 'PANDAVA5! WHY

PIPN T I THINKf t 6F THEM ?I t t h e y w i l lB / A . CERTAINLY

W / f l I Q HELP M E.

tE PANDAVA PRINCES, WHO HAD LOST THEIR KINGDOMTHEIR. WILY COUSINS, WERE NOW LIVING IN EXII E j

77/ THEIR. WIFE DRAUPADI. i H


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WHEN THE BRAHMAN STOOD BEFORE THEM, YUDHISHTHIRATHE ELDEST PANDAVA ,WAS THE FIRST TO SPEAK.

r O KING, 1ONLY YOU CANs. SAVE ME! >

WELCOME TO OUR >HERMITAGE ! IS THERE,

ANYTHING WECAN DO FOR

THE BRAHMAN THEN TOLD HIM OF THE LOSS OF HIS ST/ CACS

WE WILL TRACK DOWN THE. DEER AND BRING BACKmC THE STICKS TO YOU. ^

WITHOUT MY STICKS, I WR.LNOT BE ABLE TO PERFORM

LMY RELIGIOUS DUTIES- A

AT LAST, FAR,FARAWAY FROM THEIRHERMITAGE~

THE PANDAVAS SET OUT. FOR A WHILETHEY HAD NO LUCK.THEN SUDDENLY-

DEER TRACKS!LET US FOLLOWi THEM. A

LOOK! THE DEER!

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IT HASVANISHED !

WHAT SHALLWE DO NOW?

W Pf iNDf t Vf lS CHASED THE DEER.hND SHOT AT IT, BUT IN V/UN.

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i |HE o[ l __I

WE MUSTFIND IT .

AGAIN. LETUS CONTINUETHE HUMT.

I AM TIRED,HUNGRY ANDW THIRSTY. v

THEN LET US REST BEFOREi > 'WE GO ON.P


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om or ch i t rq f rotha

r NAKULA, CLIMB ^UP THIS TREE ANDSEE IF THERE 13

A TANK OR A

, STREAM NEAR BYV

THERE IS ALAKE NOT FARk FROM HERE.

SOONf WE ARE INDEED FORTUNATE TOFIND WATER SO NEAR AT HAND.GOOD. COME DOWNAND FETCH USSOME WATER IN

v YOUR QUIVER. >


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TALES OF YUDHISHTHIRA

WE RUSHED TO THE LAKE

W A I T ! THIS LAKEBELONGS TO ME.YOUMAY DRINK FROM ITONLY AFTER YOU

ANSWER MYk QUESTIONS.

I LL FIND OUTAFTER I HAVE..

NAKULA LOOKED AROUND. THEREWAS NO ONE IN SIGHT. -----------

WHO COULDt IT BE? j T


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MEANWHILE THE OTHER. PANDAVAS BECAME IMPATIENT.| | j

W \ \ \ I i -> WHY hasntm A ( - / NAKULA RETURNED W U j I>

J __4 VET ? GO, SAHADEVA, L J ! 1W - ) J j X \ AND SEE IF YOU

h^k t rmm K DO BETTER,

I OWN THIS LAKE>IF YOU DRINK

WITHOUT FIRSTANSWERING MY

QUESTIONS,YOU TOO^ WILL FALL DEAD. d

WHEN SAHADEVA, THE YOUNGEST OFTHE PANDAVAS, NEARED THE LAKE

NAKULA! NAKULA 9 HES DEAD!HE MUST HAVE DIED OF THIRST.

I D BETTER DRINK SOMEL WATER BEFORE I SUFFER

THE SAME FATE.

BUT SAHADEVA HARDLY HEARD HIM


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WHEN CAME M UUN f t , THE TH/RD OF THE PANDAMS. HE CAME IN SEARCH OF HIS

NAKULA ! SAHADEVA! T ==3S== _ V f 7 7An/ 7 HOW...WHO HAS DONE \ - ______J j f f ' V

I h \ TH,S VILE DEEP? WHOEVER I ------------^ C I Z , - i f f l l# I V ,r is>HE h a s i n v i t e d

HIS OWN DEATH. _ ------ - f* 5 *

\ JUNA RAISED HIS BOW AND LOOKED AROUND

THERE IS VNO ONE IN SIGHT.BEFORE I GO IN

SEARCH OF THEMURDERER , I D

BETTER QUENCHS MY THIRST.

HEN HE WAS ABOUT TO DRINK THE COOL WATER.

NO, ARJUNA, DONT!NOT IF YOU WANT TOLIVE.YOU WILL FIRSTANSWER MY QUESTIONS

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WHEN HIS TAUNT DID NOT SEEM TO HAVEANY EFFECT, ARJUNA RAISED HIS BOW f)NDSHOT I N THE DIRECTION OP THE VOICE.

ARJUNA WAS ENRAGED

WILL I ? 0 COWARDAPPEAR BEFORE MEIF YOU DARE* ANDTHEN LAV Y O U R ^CONDITIONS.

YOUR ARROWS CANNOTHARM ME, ARJUNA!WHY DONT YOU

\ ANSWER MYS QUESTIONS? S '

ARJUNA TOO DISREGARDED THE W>^ I WILL ! WITH MORE >EFFECTIVE WEAPONS. BUT

NOT BEFORE I DRINK SOMEWATER FROM THIS LAKE. ,


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AND PAID THE PENALTY.

THEN CAME BH/MA, THE SECOND PANDAVA. WHEN HE SAW HIS BROTHERS LYING

DEAD NEAR THE LAKE MUST BE THE ACT l M' II I ' / MW * / OF A YAKSHA * OR A W

P i 1/ > RAKSHASA* A BATTLE 1t V v f l / / / ! (AWAITS ME. LET ME QUENCH )

_ m J| J i f / l W . n f m m k ^ Sm y t h i r s t and prepare / pM if k x J r f J l y W M M V -Q MYSELF FOR IT. r < ^

BH/MA TOO DRANK. THEWATER. DISREGARDINGTHE WARNING OF THE

INVISIBLE ONE, AND FEUDEAD.________ -

AT LA ST YUDHISHTHIRA HIM SELF CAME. HE WASSTUNNED BY THE SIGHT THAT M ET HIS EYES.

DEAR, DEAR, BROTHERS IARE YOU REALLY

DEAD OR ARE MY EYESPLAYING TRICKS ON ME?

DEMI-GOD DEMON


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TO INVINCIBLE ARJUNAO MIGHTY BHIMA,THEREWA5 NONE TO EQUAL YOUIN STRENGTH AND VALOURI

WHO COULD HAVE AKILLED YOU ?

V O NAKULA ! SAHADEVA ! ^MY CHILDREN I SURELY

MY HEART MUST BE MADEOF STONE THAT, BEHOLDINGv YOU DEAD, IT DOES 4

NOT BREAK

NO MARK OF WEAPONSUPON THEM ! NO SIGNOF A STRUGGLE ! NOAFOOTPRINTS ^VISIBLE! WCOULD HAVE

WLLED A & tW ' t h e m ? ^ ^ H 1 H

AS VUDHISHTHMm s ABOUT TOORJNK...


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^ I AM THE CRANE WHO ^OWNS THIS LAKE. IF YOUDRINK WITHOUT FIRSTAN5WERIN6 MY QUESTIONS

YOU,TOO, WILL DIE\ LIKE YOUR. RASH -

BROTHERS.

r YOU,WHO HAVE KILLED xTHOSE WHO COULD NOT

BE OVERCOME EITHER BYTHE DEVAS OR THE ASURASCANNOT BE AN ORDINARY

L BIRD. TELL ME WHO \YOU REALLY ARE.jM

HE NEXT M OMENT 0 YAKSHA, ASKYOUR QUESTIONS

1 SHALL TRY TO. ANSWER THEM..

r l AM A YAKSHA.

IF YOU ANSWER MYQUESTIONS,YOU MAY. DRINK AT MY LAKE

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UBRa

a m a r c M r a k at ha

THEN HERE 13 THEFIRST ONE. WHAT MAKES

ONE A BRAHMAN -BIRTH, CONDUCT OK .

LEARNING?

IT IS BEHAVIOUR THATMAKES ONE A BRAHMAN

WHAT IS IT THAT CAUSES^ CEASELESS WONDER? A

r DAY AFTER DAY, ^COUNTLESS PEOPLE DIE

YET, THE LIVING

W/ SH TO LIVEFOREVER. WHATCOULD BE MORE

\ EXTRAORDINARY? >

HOW DO YOU BECOMERICH ? HOW DO

k. YOU BECOME HAPPY f

IF YOU ABANDON LUST,YOU WILL BE RICH.

IF YOU ABANDON DESIREj*. YOU WILL BE HAPPY. .


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TALES Of YUDHI SHTHIRA

NAKULA, MYLORD.

'JOUR ANSWERS PLEASEME.ONE OF YOUR BROTHERS

CAN NOW CO/WE BACK.. TO LIFE.WHICH ONE .V DO YOU WANT?

THE Yf iKSHf l WAS SURPRISED r WHY NAKULA ?WHY 1NOT MIGHTY BHIMA OR

VALIANT ARJUNA?ONE OFTHEM WOULD BE MORE

USEFUL TO YOU WHEN ,YOU TRY TO REGAIN A ^ YOUR KINGDOM!

BESIDES, BHIMA AND ARJUNAARE. YOUR OWN BROTHERS.

NAKULA IS ONLY YOUR I\ STEP-BROTHER? WHY DO

N. YOU CHOOSE HIM ?

MV FATHER HAD TWOWIVES KUNTI AND

MADRI. I , A SON OFKUNTI,AM ALIVE. LETA SON OF MADRI TOOLIVE. LORD, LET /NAKULA COME / A TO LIFE. M b

SEE flCfiC NO. 13 THE Pf tNDMA PRINCES


18/33* DEITY * ALSO KNOWN AS DHf lRMH S f i.C.K. NO. B6 ~ KfiRNA


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WHEN THE THIRTEEN YEARS OF EXILE WERE OVER, YUDHISHTHIRA TRJED ,A PEACEFUL SETTLEM ENT WITH THE Kf lURf iVAS. BUT DURYODHANA REPUEDWITH A CRY FOR WAR. MANY WERE THE BRAVE WARRIORS THAT WERE

SLAIN ON EITHER SIDE, BEFORE THE PANDAVAS FINALLY WON THE WAR.

N SPITE OF THE VICTORY, YUDHISHTHIRA | THE KINGDOM 15 OURS,BUT AT WHAT COST! ALMOST

ALL OUR DEAR KINSMENARE SLAIN. I.SHALL

RENOUNCE THE WORLDI I AND BECOME AN .

k ASCETIC. r

THE COURT ELDERS,HOWEVER,PERSUADED YUDHISHTHIRA THATHE HAD ONLY FULFILLED HIS

DUTY. SO HE FINALLY AGREEDTO ASCEND THE THRONE. NEEDLESS TO SHY, HE MADE APERFECT KING. H T F P H B H B P l

OUR KING IS JUST,GENEROUS AND

COMPASSIONATE. >MAY GOD

BLESS HIM!

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TALCS OF YUDHISHTHIRA

Pf>. O KING, | HAVEBAD NEWS FOR YOU

THEY DIED IN A* FOREST FIRE. AHOLY ONE,IN THE COURSE

OF YOUR WANDERINGS INTHE FOREST, DID YOU COME

ACROSS MY MOTHER, Ik KUNTI, ANP MY UNCLE I\ AND HIS WIFE ?

MOTHER

I FEEL THE TIME HAS COMEFOR US TO LEAVE THIS

.EARTH AND SEEK HEAVEN

YUDHISHTHIRA HAD HARDLY RECOVEREDFROM H IS BR IEF WHEN A MESSENGERARRIVED FROM DWARAKA.

MY LORD,THE YADAVAS ARE ALL

DEAD ! THEY KILLED ONEANOTHER IN A DRUNKEN

BRAWL! AND LORDKRISHNA, TOO, HAS LEFT

THIS WORLD.

KRISHNAGONE

SEVERAL YEARS WENT BY. THEN ONEDAY, SAGE NARADA CALLED ONYUDHISHTHIRA | \


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..AND LED DRf lUPf lD! AND HIS BROTHERS OUT OF HAST/ NAPURA. >95 THE CITIZENSSTOOD OUTS/DE THE CITY, WATCHING THEIR BELOVED KJNQ AND THE BRAVEPANDAVAS DEPART, A STRAY DOS APPEARED ON THE SCENE. [

* ARJUNAS SON

IT FOLLOWED THE L ITTLE GROUP

ON THEIR TREK TO HEAVEN.

HAVING CROSSED MOUNT H/Mf lVAT, THEY

WALKED THROUGH THE GREAT DESERTBEYOND IT... j t r '


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TIL L THEY REACHED THE FOOT OF M OUNT MERU.

THEY BEGAN TO CL/MB THE MOUNTAIN. THEIR. AIMWAS TO ENTER HEAVEN I N THEIR HUMAN FORM AIM ONLY PERFECT BEINGS COULD ASPIRE TO.

BH/MA WAS SHOCKED.SUDDENLY

O KING, WHYHAS DRAUPADI,

THE SINLESS,V FALLEN? .


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HIS VALOURMADE HIM

VAIN. ^

WHEN NAKULA FOLLOWED SAHADEVA

HE WAS TOO PROUDOF NIS HANDSOMEV FEATURES. >

o m a r c h r t r a k a t h a

YUDHISHTHIRA ANSWERED WITHOUTTURNING BACH. I

5AHADEVA WAS THEN EXT TO FALL.

SHE WASPARTIAL TO

ARJUNA.

A3 YUDHISHTHIRA PROCEEDED,FOLLOWED BY BH/Mfi AND ARJUNA,THE LI TTLE DOG CONTINUED TO

KEEP THEM COMPANY. C 7 7 ^

AFTER THEY HAD COVERED SOMED/ STANCE-


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YOU WERE GREEDY.YOU ATE

. IMMODERATELY.

SUDDENLY 8H/MR CRIED OUT.

r WAIT! I ,YOUR^DARLING, AM

FALLING. WHEREL . DID I FAIL? y

AS YUDH/ SH Tf f /Rf l TREKKED ON ALONEEXCEPT, OF COURSE, FOR THE L ITTLEDOG, HE Sf lW ft CHARIOT IN THE SKY.


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THIS LITTLE DOG15 ALIVE . HE HAS KEPT. ME COMPANY. HES DEPENDS ON ME.V \ i w o n t a b a n d o n

HIM. ^

t a l e s o f y u d h i s h t h i r a

THIS LITTLE DOG15 ALIVE . HE HAS KEPT. ME COMPANY. HE7 DEPENDS ON ME.V \ i wont abandon

HIM. ^

Bu t y o u d i d ABANDON y o u r BROTHERS AND

v d r a u p a d i . >

THEV

WEREDEAD

IT WAS I, YAMA, WHOFOLLOWED YOU IN THE

FORM OF A DO6 .0 SON,YOU HAVE COMPASSIONFOR ALL CREATURES. JTHAT IS WHY YOU 1AND YOU ALONE .

v MAY ENTER HEAVEN 1\ IN YOUR HUMANy f / j

FORM,

SUDDENLY

7H N YUDH/ 3HTH/M WENT WITH IA/ P& 9 --


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| THE FINAL TEST

WHEN YUDHISHTHIRA ENTERED HEAVEN, HE WAS RECEIVED 8Y-THE t0003 AND THE SAGES. HE WAS SURPRISED TO SEE DURYODHANA THERE.


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yUDH/SHTHIRA FOLLOWED THE CELESTIALMESSENGER.. AS THEY WALKED ON, THEGENTLE GLOW OF HEAVEN GRADUALLY

f a d e d .. . m r i w m M m m m s m m

.AND THEY WERE ENVELOPED INb l i n d i n g d a r k n e s s ,w m m m m

WHERE AREWE SOING?

TO YOURBROTHERS.

WITH EACH STEP THEY TOOK, THEMORE REVOLTING BECAME THESCENES THAT M ET THEIR. EYES.

AS THEY WENT ON , A FOULSTENCH ALMOST SUFFOCATEDYUDHISHTHIRA. ------

YWHERE ARE WE ? WHEReN (ARE MY BROTHERS? \

WHEN WILL WE LEAVE I,. BEHIND THIS UNPLEASANT /*k . PATH AND MEET THEM?/

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THE CELES T I A L M ESSENGER STOPPED . ^

r "" T L " J r 7 1 WAS TOLD TO LEAD[ \ \ YOU THIS FAR j\ W l (, r AND STOP.

IF YOU HAVE HADENOUGH,YOU MAYRETURN WITH ME.

DISGUSTED BY THE FOUL SM ELL , YUDHISHTHIRABEGAN TO RETRACE HIS STEPS. SUDDENLY

r YOUR PUREPRESENCE BRINGS

US COMFORT.

WAIT! DON T \ / JLEAVE' US 1 1%

AS LONG AS X5iYOU ARE HERE,WE DO NOT PEELTHE TORTURESINFLICTED .UPON US.

PLEASEDO NOT GO! BACK. /

IM BHIMA

IMk a r n a

IM NAKULA

I MRJUNA

r IM

SAHADEVA

I MDRAUPADI


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THEN HE BECAME ANGRY.

DURYODHANA INHEAVEN ! AND MYBROTHERS IN HELLARE THE GODSBLIND? IS ^

DHARMA DEAD? J P I

NEXT MOMENT, YUDHISHTHIRAWAS BATHED IN DIVINE LIGHT.

YUDHISHTHIRA WAS BEWILDERED.

/NORA AND OTHER. DEITIES

APPEARED BEFORE HIM

ES MY CHILD, FOR THE ONE LIE YOU SPOKE TO

HASTEN DRONAS END* YOU WERE EXPOSED TOHELL FOR A SECOND. YOUR BROTHERS HAD TO -

SHORT DURATION,FOR THEYOU YOURSELF

AWARE OF.THEY ARE NOW

AM I ASLEEP ORAWAKE? OR HAVEI GONE MAD ? _

I AM NOT GOING WITH YOU.TELL INDRA THAT I WILLSTAY HERE, AS MY PRESENCEBRINGS COMFORT TO MY ^

DEAR ONES.


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TALES OP YUDHISHTHIRA

THEN Yf iMA ADDRESSED 'mOHiQHTHIRfl .mo se whose >MERITS FAR EXCEEDWfilR SIMS, EXPERIENCEHELL FIRST FOR ASHORT WHILE A AND THEN GOTO HEA VEN.^ # S

CHILD,THIS WAS YOUR THIRDTEST. YOU WOULD RATHERSTAY IN HELL FOR THE

\ SAKE OF YOUR BROTHERSYOU ARE COMPASSIONATE,

RIGHTEOUS AND .

SINLESS.

HE THEN HAD A DIP IN THECELESTIAL GANGA AND ASSUMEDA DIVINE FORM.n S l I L "

YUQHISHTH/ RA BOWED TO YAMA.

FATHER,IT WAS YOU WHOGAVE ME STRENGTH TO TREADHE RIGHTEOUS PATH. I BOW /

TO YOU.

E WAS THEN ESCORTED BY IHDRA ANDAMA TO HEAVEN, WHERE HE WAS REUNITEDV/TH HIS BROTHERS.\ \ HU I T

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