![]() ![]() ![]() Nakula's twin, Sahadeva, came in search of his brother and found the same lake, saw Nakula dead, and was warned by the crane. When he attempted to take water from the lake, the crane spoke, "O Nakula! The water of this lake will turn into poison if you take it without satisfactorily answering my questions." Nakula ignored the crane, hastily drank the poisonous water, and died. The lake was devoid of any living creature, except for a crane. So, his brother Nakula set out to fetch water and found a beautiful lake. While following the mysterious deer, Yudhishthira became exhausted and thirsty. So, the Pandavas set out to retrieve the Brahmin's arani and followed the hoofprints of the deer. As they were discussing their course of action, the princes met a Brahmin who complained that a deer has taken on its antlers his arani- a pair of wooden blocks used to start fire by friction- so he couldn't light the fire for Vedic rituals. Vana Parva Īt the end of their 12 years of exile in the forests, the time had come for the Pandavas to live incognito in Agyat Vasa. ![]() This dialogue between Yudhishthira and the Yaksha is found in the Madhya Parva of the Mahabharata, and is also known as the Dharma-Baka Upakhyan, or Legend of the Virtuous Crane. It appears in the Vana Parva, and the story is set as the Pandavas end their twelve years of exile in the forest. The Yaksha Prashna, also known as the Dharma Baka Upakhyana or the Akshardhama, is the story of a question-and-answer dialogue between Yudhishthira and a yaksha in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. ![]()
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