Originally posted by: bhas1066
i meant about yudi only...
but more about the reader's perspective of never finding any punishment to anyone in the epic as sufficient!!!
Yudhishtira stands trembling. "I know nothing of the laws of Devaloka, but I wonder why I don't see my brothers here. If Duryodhana deserves to be here, what about them? They were all great men, who never strayed from the path of truth. Where are they now? Where is my noblest brother Karna? Where are Satyaki and Dhrishtadyumna? Where are all the kshatriyas who laid down their lives for me? Where is my child Abhimanyu? Where is Krishna? Where is my mother Kunti? Where are Shikhandi, Virata and Drupada, where is my queen Draupadi? I beg you, my lords, take me to my brothers. I want to live in the place where they are, wherever it is. I don't understand the dharma of heaven, I want to be with my brothers!" Yudhishtira's voice has risen in despair. Indra sighs, "Very well, then, let Yudhishtira be taken to where his brothers are." The king of the Devas summons an attendant and Yudhishtira follows that bright servitor out of the Sudharma. They hardly walk a short way, when
Menon, Ramesh (2006-07-20). THE MAHABHARATA: A Modern Rendering, Vol 2 (Kindle Locations 10802-10810). iUniverse. Kindle Edition.
suddenly they tread a sinister trail. This path snakes on, interminably and Indra's servant walks briskly along it. A glowing blackness engulfs them. The air is still, breathless; a fetid smell hangs heavily. On both sides, they hear groans and screams of souls in torment. In the gloom, Yudhishtira dimly sees the monstrous forms of demons: some entwine horribly; others are dismembered or headless and some have mouths like needles. Corpses are strewn everywhere, hideously dismemboweled, entrails hanging out, smeared with fat and blood, their stink intolerable. A thousand human hands reach out to them, in agony. Everywhere they hear sobbing and the gnashing of teeth. Weird howls ring out, now and again and at times serpents slither across the narrow path. Sulfurous pools bubble beside the eerie trail and there are living creatures in them: burning slowly, never dying, suffering endlessly. With every step they take, the sights, smells and sounds grow worse and the heat becomes unbearable. Soon, Yudhishtira cries, "This is an infernal place! Which God rules this part of Devaloka? Ah, where are my brothers?" Indra's servant replies, "This path leads to your brothers; but we will turn back, if you cannot bear it."
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"I am Karna." "I am Bheema." "Arjuna.""Nakula.""Sahadeva.""This is I, Draupadi." "I am Dhrishtadyumna." "I am Satyaki." All the others he loved, who had fought and died for him, call out to him. Yudhishtira cries, "My sinless brothers, my Panchali and my friends are all in hell, while Duryodhana sits on a crystal throne in the Sudharma! Am I dreaming? Surely, this is a nightmare from which I will awaken." Again, the piteous voices call out, begging him to stay with them just a little longer, ah, his presence soothed their torment. Tears in his eyes, Yudhishtira turns to the divine servitor who brought him here, "Friend, go back to Indra and tell him I will remain with my brothers. They say that my presence soothes their anguish."
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The man bows and leaves Yudhishtira alone. The darkness, the purulence, the heat and the terror of that hell are all magnified, when he is alone. The voices cry out more plaintively. Yudhishtira sits on the path, sweating, wondering how long he can endure it. He has been there for an hour, when there is a flash of light, then another, another and more. Indra stands before Yudhishtira, the king of heaven come with his host. In a moment, the darkness, the pestilential vapors, the scathing heat, the sulfur pits, the demons, all vanish. No more groans and screams bruise the air. Instead, it is sweet and pure and that place is full of light and living silence. A fragrant breeze blows, plucking at Yudhishtira's face. He stands blinking in the soft lambency of Devaloka. Indra says to him, "Now you have earned swarga for yourself. The law of heaven is that every king must pass through hell to purify himself. You experienced naraka briefly, to atone for your one sin on earth. Yudhishtira, you deceived your guru Drona on Kurukshetra. It was your lie that made him put down his weapons and then Dhrishtadyumna killed him. You have paid for that sin now. Forget what you saw, it was an illusion. Come with us." Yudhishtira stands, hands folded before the effulgent Gods. He murmurs, "My brothers?"
Menon, Ramesh (2006-07-20). THE MAHABHARATA: A Modern Rendering, Vol 2 (Kindle Locations 10842-10851). iUniverse. Kindle Edition.
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