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Nobody had any answers to this question of mine ❓
I wonder whether anybody has read/heard of the story about Bhima once enlightening Yudisthir - this happened I think after the war.One day, some Brahmins came to visit Yudisthir, but for some reason or the other, he decided to postpone that meeting and ask them to meet him the next day. On hearing that, Bhima started beating a drum and ordered city-wide celebrations throughout Hastinapur. A curious Yudisthir asked him the reason for that, and Bhima told him that he had apparently conquered death, for the following reasons:
- He never lied, and always kept his word
- He promised the Brahmins that he'd meet them the next day
In other words, Yudisthir knew that he'd be alive the next day. So he had attained immortality. Yudisthir realized his mistake, and announced that he'd meet the Brahmin's then only. He also congratulated Bhima for his insightAnybody else heard this story, and know where it came from?{Personally, I thought this story was moronic: people defer decisions all the time - that doesn't mean that they are immortal. It's just that everything can't be done then & there. Like Bhima too had earlier vowed that he'd one day kill Duryodhan & Dushashan, so Bhima too assumed that he would be alive until then: did that mean that Bhima had attained immortality? }
