Yudhishthira's Wisdom Four Levels
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Yudhishthira's Wisdom Four Levels
Literal Comprehension:
This story Yudhishthira's wisdom is derived from Mahabharat. Mahabharat is one of the two major Sanskrit epic of ancient India in which the events that took place 2300 years ago has been described. Once five of the Pandavas brothers in summer season were wondering in a dense forest in order to hunt a deer. They got really tired and thirsty during their quest to hunt a deer but the deer disappeared. Yudhishthira who was the eldest of all the five brothers sat under a tree and ordered the youngest brother among all 'Shahadeva' in order to search for water. But even after passage of long period of time, Shahadeva didn't returned back. Then, in order to search for Shahadeva, Yudhishthira sent another brother 'Nakula'.
Even he didn't return back. Like this Yudhishthira sent other brothers gradually one after another but they also didn't came back. After sending all of his brothers, no one returned back so, he himself decided to search for them. Yudhishthira searched for them by looking at the footprint left out by them. He walked for sometime and after that found a beautiful pool. On the bank of the pool, he noticed that his four brothers were lying either unconscious or dead. He was saddened by looking at his brothers lying unconsciously. Even though he was really distressed and in sorrow, he was really thirsty so he bent his knees to drink water but an unknown voice warned him to not drink that water until he answered the questions.
He then answered all the questions asked by Yaksha honestly and correctly. He didn't ignore the voice of Yaksha like his brothers had ignored. The voice had warned all the brothers but only Yudhishthira followed the order of voice. Yaksha was pleased the intelligence of Yudhishthira and was ready to revive one of his brothers. Yudhishthira choose Nakula the son of his step mother. Yaksha was pleased by seeing the wisdom of Yudhishthira and patience and truthfulness. So, he restored all his brothers to life.
Interpretation:
This story is trying to tell about patience and obedience towards gods. This story is trying to tell about knowledge and its correct use. This story has convinced a message that a moral pride person acting as per the religious moral values can ultimately overcome all the difficulties and obstacles. Apart from Yudhishthira, all the brothers were brave but they lacked wisdom and patience like Yudhishthira which led them to trouble.
Critical thinking:
The philosophy part of the story is very beautiful which teaches us about the importance of patience in people's life. In the story, there are many things which are hard to believe. That's why we can raise some questions regarding those matters. This story is based on ancient India, so as a critical thinker we should relate those idea to present context of the world. Do people still follow the same wisdom and have similar patience like Yudhishthira possessed? Are the gods as described in the story real? Do they still exist in this modern time? If yes, what is the evidence that they exist.
Assimilation:
After reading this lesson, I came to know that patience is such a virtue which we should not lose in the situation of trouble. This lesson teaches that in order to achieve real happiness in life one should have wisdom, patience and devotion which will lead to change the several aspect of life. The concept of being a great person is to have high moral and religious ground, should posses patience and have wisdom within.
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