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Semanti Chakraborty

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Posted: 8 years ago

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That is his uniqueness. Human beings make mistakes but not everyone can rectify it and purify themselves again. Why has Lord Dharma taken so hard test of his son at the end of Van Parva? He wanted to see whether his son has completed his penance perfectly and has attainedthe same level of Dharma which he had fallen from. Yudhishthir passed the test and the happy father utters: "You are Dharma!" that means, you are again back to your original form.

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Srutha

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Posted: 8 years ago

#52

Originally posted by: KanhaKiChutki
Janu, that is what I love about him. He was willing and humble enough to correct himself and give himself to Krishna. He was, I feel, the first among the five, though many choose to differ on that count.

I agree that he was the first among the five. Though in some ways, I believe it to be Bhima. Actually, maybe it was both of them at the same time. Bhima has never gone against Krishna, or even spoken against Krishna. He always trusted Krishna completely.

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Janaki

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Posted: 8 years ago

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I think Bhima reached self-actualization when he met Lord Hanuman.

Bhima in a way always trusted Lord Krishna, but he was rash, and sometimes he let his anger take over his good sense. He acted before he thought, and this pride, the Lord sought to remove through his eternal devotee Hanuman.

Bhima's meeting with Hanuman was kind of like his own personal Gita.

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Semanti Chakraborty

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Shreya, As I have said, I feel his Bhakti was the strongest and unmovable irrespective of situation. And the other Pandavas as well as Draupadi, did not fall from their Bhakti and trust since they admired Yudhi and treated his words as Guru-vaakya. Yudhi led them in spiritual progress which finally made their path of success.

There is a Bengali novel 'Panchajanya' by Gajendrakumar Mitra where Krishna is leaving Dwaraka to meet Pandavas in Dwaita Vana. Satyabhama asked Him, "Why are you going?" Krishna replied, "Yudhishthir's strong faith is pulling me towards them! I can't sit here with peace, so strong his pull is!"

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Amaya Rishikesh

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Srutha- That is true. There was never any time as far as I am aware when Bhima went against Krishna, so I think we can safely say he was the first.

But then again, reverting to Janu's point, he was aware of his mistakes, and placed faith in Krishna. That in itself is the first step to attaining Him.

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Srutha

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..
I think Bhima reached self-actualization when he met Lord Hanuman.

Bhima in a way always trusted Lord Krishna, but he was rash, and sometimes he let his anger take over his good sense. He acted before he thought, and this pride, the Lord sought to remove through his eternal devotee Hanuman.

Bhima's meeting with Hanuman was kind of like his own personal Gita.

I think the same too.

Dharmaraj needed no Gita, Bhima's Gita was his talk with Hanuman, Parth got it from Swayam Bhagwan. What about Nakul and Sahadev though?

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Janaki

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: KrishnaPriyaa

I think the same too.
Dharmaraj needed no Gita, Bhima's Gita was his talk with Hanuman, Parth got it from Swayam Bhagwan. What about Nakul and Sahadev though?

Dharmaraj's Gita was the dyut sabha itself. After Panchali's vastra haran, he realized everything that he'd done wrong, and from that moment itself he reached self-actualization.

Nakul and Sahadev are often the forgotten characters. I'm sure they also received their own version of the Gita.

Any ideas, anyone?

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Amaya Rishikesh

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Posted: 8 years ago

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With Nakul and Sahadev I have always felt it was more self realisation than anything else. They weren't exactly overshadowed by their brothers, but they stepped out of their brothers' protection at some point in the vanvaas, perhaps when they had to do penance and attain the Ashwini Kumars. They were not Karmaveers like Arjuna, nor were they rash like Bhima.

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Janaki

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Yudhisthir always reminded me a bit of Vibhishan.

Both of them are misunderstood for the choices they made, despite the fact that ultimately, it brought them closer to God.

Vibhishan was always against Ravan, but he still supported him until the very moment he could no longer ignore Ravan's sins.

In the same way, Yudhisthir despite knowing Dhritarastra and the Kauravas wished him harm, gave them the respect he felt they deserved, until their betrayal went so far that he had no choice but to cut them off from his life.

The moment Vibhishan cut off Ravana and Yudhisthir cut off Dhritarastra, their progression towards attaining God became smooth with no obstacles.