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By Kamlesh Tripathi
DHARMRAJ YUDHISTIR’S RELIGIOSITY
When, Maharaja Yudhistir
came to know. That Sri Krishna has ended his jeewan-leela. And, post
that. Yadav’s too, have undergone self-destruction, because of infighting. He
decided to coronate Arjun’s grandson Parikshit as the king of Hastinapur, and
head for sanyas. Keeping the difficult decision in mind, he started
preparing for it. To begin with he decided to give up the prestigious and
coveted king’s costume and its jewelry. Following, which, he decided to enter
into a maun-vrat and unlock his hair. Finally, he entered into veer-sanyas
and left his Raj Bhawan, and started walking towards the north.
When, his brothers and even his wife Draupadi started following him.
Yudhistir’s decision to
renounce the world and it’s so called—moh-maya created ripples in his
mind. As a result of which, he stopped eating food and drinking water.
He even stopped resting his body and mind and refrained from looking at anyone,
in the eye. And, decided to keep moving without stopping anywhere. Until, he
crossed Badrinath in the Himalayas. Where, his brothers and even his queen
Draupadi were pacing up with him.
After crossing Satyapath, Yudhistir entered
the divine land of Swarga-rohan. But by now his brothers and his queen were
extremely exhausted and they fell sick. Soon Draupadi, Nakul, Sahdev and even Arjun—they
all fainted one by one and fell on the ground. The weather was freezing in
Himalayas. So they couldn’t revive themselves and soon attained Him-Samadhi.
Thereafter, the divine powers of the holy land sent them to Swarg where
they attained moksha. But, even, these stupendous calamities couldn’t stop
Yudhistir. As, he, was continuously moving, and never looked back. Even to catch
a glimpse of his brothers or his wife. He was now bereft of rag-dwesh. In
the end, even Bhimsen, the strongest out of them, also collapsed and went into
Him-Samadhi.
When, Yudhistir was about to reach
the top most mount of Swarga-rohan. He was not alone. In spite of the fact,
that his brothers and his wife Draupadi, had gone into Him-Samadhi on the way. As,
there was a dog, that was continuously following him, right from Hastinapur. When,
Yudhistir finally reached the mount. Devraj Indra sat in his viman and descended
on earth to meet him. He welcomed him and said—‘you’re the epitome of Dharma.
So the swarg belongs to you. Please sit in my viman. So, that, I
can take you there.’
When, Yudhistir asked about
his brothers and his wife Draupadi. And requested, that they, too, be taken to swarg.
Devraj replied—‘they have already reached there.’
To which, Yudhistir made another
request—‘can we take this dog also in this viman.’
Indra replied—‘you being the quintessential
of dharma. Why do you talk like a novice? How can a dog enter swarg?
Isn’t it enough that this desecrated being has had my darshan.’
Yudhistir, wasn’t convinced by
Indra’s logic. So he said—‘but the poor dog is dependent on me. Because of my devotion
he has followed me all the way from Hastinapur. To renounce a living being that
is dependent on you is adharma. So, deserting this dependent is not
acceptable to me. And without him, I’m not willing to enter swarg.’
Indra tried to counsel
Yudhistir again—‘Rajan! You attain swarg only with the fruits of punya.
Had, this dog been a punyatma. He wouldn’t have been born as a dog.’
Yudhistir politely said—‘God
if that is the case. Then, I would like to donate half my punya to this
dog.’
‘Dhanya ho, dhanya ho Yudhistir!
I am very happy with you. And discarding the dog form, the Dharm-Devta
appeared in front of him and blessed him.
Moral of the story:
Think thousand times, before you abandon someone who is dependent on you.
Story is from Mahabharat
GLOSSARY
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Maharaja—Great
king
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Jeewan-Leela—mortal
role
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Sanyas—life stage of renunciation
within the Hindu philosophy
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Maun-vrat—avow
to remain silent
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Veer-sanyas—renunciation
from exercising strength
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Raj-bhawan—official
residence of king
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Moh-maya—all things in the world
are not real; they are fallacy, a presumed reality of the world held by people.
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Dharmacharn—good virtues
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Him-Samadhi—meditative trance
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Swarg—Heaven
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Moksha—released from the cycle of rebirth
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Rag-Dwesh—love and hate
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Viman—mythological flying palace or chariot described in
Hindu texts
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Dharma—eternal law of cosmos
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Darshan—divine audicience
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Adharma—going against the law of cosmos
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Punyatma—blessed soul
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Dhanya ho—be blessed
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Dharm Devta--God
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