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bheegi

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Posted: 11 years ago

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That's what the MB teaches us. Even after committing a mistake, if we can learn and pay penance for our sins on earth, one could still go to heaven. It's all about credit-debit balance in the end

Yudi paid for his gambling loss in 13 years of exile

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Janaki

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: bheegi
That's what the MB teaches us. Even after committing a mistake, if we can learn and pay penance for our sins on earth, one could still go to heaven. It's all about credit-debit balance in the end

Yudi paid for his gambling loss in 13 years of exile

Exactly! Mahabharat teaches us that the only way we can atone for sins is through penance. All five Pandavas did penance during the 13 years, but especially Yudhisthira who lived like a yogi. Did the Kauravas do any penance? No. They even tried to attack the Pandavas during their exile and ended up being saved by them instead. The Kauravas never repented or felt bad for what they did, which is why they died and Lord Krishna was on the Pandavas side. One has to read Mahabharat with an open, spiritual mind, or it's difficult to understand the deeper meaning behind each incident. Why would Lord Krishna support the Pandavas if they were sinners? Of course they had faults as they were humans, but they were not sinners because for whatever sins they committed, they did pastchyataap for 13 years, living without any desires or pleasures.

Mahabharat is a spiritual book. It's about time people read it with an open mind rather than as a fictional book. If people view it as a fictional book and don't believe in Lord Krishna as a God, then at least respect religious sentiments and do not use foul language for the characters.

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bheegi

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: ..RamKiJanaki..

Exactly! Mahabharat teaches us that the only way we can atone for sins is through penance. All five Pandavas did penance during the 13 years, but especially Yudhisthira who lived like a yogi. Did the Kauravas do any penance? No. They even tried to attack the Pandavas during their exile and ended up being saved by them instead. The Kauravas never repented or felt bad for what they did, which is why they died and Lord Krishna was on the Pandavas side. One has to read Mahabharat with an open, spiritual mind, or it's difficult to understand the deeper meaning behind each incident. Why would Lord Krishna support the Pandavas if they were sinners? Of course they had faults as they were humans, but they were not sinners because for whatever sins they committed, they did pastchyataap for 13 years, living without any desires or pleasures.

Mahabharat is a spiritual book. It's about time people read it with an open mind rather than as a fictional book. If people view it as a fictional book and don't believe in Lord Krishna as a God, then at least respect religious sentiments and do not use foul language for the characters.

If one analyses the book closely, Yudishtra is the main protagonist of this story. This story is about his journey. His mistakes, his vijay (in the war) and finally Jaya (victory over self)

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Janaki

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: bheegi

If one analyses the book closely, Yudishtra is the main protagonist of this story. This story is about his journey. His mistakes, his vijay (in the war) and finally Jaya (victory over self)

Yes, there is a very deep spiritual meaning in the Mahabharat behind every event. Yudhisthira's journey in dharma symbolizes a human being's journey through life, how we make mistakes but if we destroy our ego and let ourselves be guided by a stronger force (Krishna/God), we repent and improve ourselves. That is Yudhisthira. In the original epic (not Starbharat), there are several conversations Yudhisthira and Draupadi have during the exile that are very philosophical and spiritual in meaning. Yudhisthira, whom people say did injustice to Draupadi, was also defended by her when people pointed fingers at him. When King Virata flung his dice at Yudhisthir and he bled, Draupadi rushed forth to stop the bleeding, because she stated that had Yudhisthira's blood fallen to the ground, Virata would have died from the sin. Draupadi herself considered Yudhisthira as Dharmaraja, even after the vastra haran, so who are we to bash him? The ultimate scoundrel during all this is Dhritarastra, because as the King, HE had the power to stop it, but chose not to.

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Sabika

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Posted: 11 years ago

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totally agree wid u.in the name of dharm he did the biggest adharm.he should have been punished

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DiamondLife

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Originally posted by: TheWatcher
Actually, He paid for his Adharm during the exile, He did severe penance during the exile which resolved him of his adharm ( He even reliazed and regretted it ).

The minutes he spent in hell was for the lie he told to Drona about Aswasthamma's death.

he did not say lie..i think.

There was a elephant with same name..that died in the war..so when dron asked..did ashwasthama dies..he said yes..i don't think dron asked him my son ashwasthama died😕

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Janaki

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Posted: 11 years ago

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@Everyone who thinks Yudhisthira didn't "deserve" to go to heaven (because we're just that great to decide that, right?):

When someone is heading towards the end of their life, they become spiritually enlightened and lose all attachment to human life or their relatives. That is when a person attains moksha. If you read how moksha is described in the vedas and upanishads, only a truly spiritually enlightened person can reach heaven in their human form, and in that instance, Yudhisthira was a spiritually enlightened person. He had no attachment left for any being on Earth, including his wife and brothers. The others did not quite reach spiritual enlightenment yet, which is why they still suffered from the pangs of attachment and felt pain when each other died. Yudhisthira at that moment was a complete yogi. He was absolved from all his sins because of the years of repentance he had undergone, so it is completely foolish to say he did not "deserve" heaven. Who are we, humans living in the 21st century, to judge who deserves to go to heaven and who does not? By saying so we claim ourselves to be greater than God, because God decides who goes to heaven and who goes to hell. God knows what kind of karma a human being does. Even Yudhisthira suffered the result of his bad karma, and enjoyed the fruits of his good karma. Because of the lie he told Dronacharya, he had to witness hell for a few minutes, but ultimately he achieved the highest heaven of Lord Narayana along with his brothers and Draupadi because they were all dharmic beings. We have absolutely no right to judge them when God himself was on their side.

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Medha.S

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Who are we to decide that who gets hell and who should go to heaven?

Even people like shakuni,duryodhna who were swimming in their sins reached heaven.
So yudhishtira did too, and he had reached vaikuntha(vishnus abord) not just heaven.
When he reached vaikunth, krishna in his vishnu form and Arjuna in his Nara form are waiting with the other gods to welcome him.

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Justitia

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Are "we" Krishna to decide who goes to Heaven and who doesn't?

As Medha said, if Yudi reached Vaikuntha (not just heaven), then it should make all of YOU think as to why he must've reached Vaikuntha - Vishnu's highest abode...

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By the way, have you heard the "Vishnu Sahasranamam" (1000 names of Vishnu)? Yudhishthira gets mentioned in that ("Yudhishthira uvaacha")...so THAT should tell you something...

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ALL the Pandavas were mute witnesses to Draupadi's humiliation (Draupadi herself NEVER accepted the excuse of "jesht ka aadesh"). So, you should ALSO be asking why Krishna took the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra war when BOTH the Pandavas & the Kauravas were equally guilty in her humiliation - Kauravas because they DIRECTLY humiliated her, and the Pandavas because they went into mute mode...

Edited by shani88 - 11 years ago

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KHUSHI-99

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Posted: 11 years ago

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Why so many people blame Yudhishthir soo much?Everyone reads but only few can understand.None of us was present there right ?we have no right to decide who should go to heaven and who should not.

But the fact that he even went to Vaikunth is enough to explain.I was never with the opinion that Yudhishthir should not go to heaven.

He made impossible possible ,isn't it????by bringing his brothers back from death.

Lets be clear enough that whatever happened to Draupadi dragging by hair and Vastraharan attempt was not Yudi's fault it was Duryodhan,Dushanan and Dhritrashtra,Kauravas .EvenDraupadi said that it was not Yudhishthir's fault.The lady who went through all the suffering said it then we are no one to judge.Din't she ask Yudhishthir as her first wish.I have also read that when Yudhishthir was giving his last test for qualifying for heaven Lord Krishna touched his feet and told him that divinity had lost in front of humanity.Infact he was also known as Jaya.Then why is there so much hate?It is really sad that we fail to understand this noble person.😊

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