Yudhisthira - The War at Kurukshetra

In the great Hindu epic Mahabharata, Yudhisthira (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर्, yudhishthir) was the eldest son of King Pandu and Queen Kunti, king of Hastinapura and Indraprastha, and World Emperor. He was the principal protagonist of the Kurukshetra War, and for his unblemished piety, known as Dharmaraja (Most pious one). Yudhisthira - Birth and Upbringing. Pandu, the king of Hastinapura and father of the Pandavas could not sire children as he was cursed to die by a ...

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• Yudhisthira - The War at Kurukshetra
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Yudhisthira makes numerous efforts of diplomatic means to retrieve his kingdom peacefully, but Duryodhana refuses to concede. Dhritarashtra even appeals to Yudhisthira to not start a war that would kill his own relatives, an idea that appalls Yudhisthira. But Krishna reiterates that Yudhisthira's claim was righteous, and the deeds of Duryodhana were evil. If all peace efforts failed, war would be the only, and most righteous course. Yudhisthira heavily relies on the advice and support of Lord Krishna, whom he recognizes as the Avatara ...

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Upon the onset of the Kali yuga and the death of Krishna, Yudhisthira and his brothers retire, leaving the throne to the son of Abhimanyu, Parikshita. Giving up all their belongings and ties, the Pandavas begin their final journey of pilgrimage in the Himalayas. While climbing the peaks, one by one Draupadi and each Pandava in descending order fall to their deaths, each by the weight of their guilt of few, but real sins. But Yudhisthira reaches the mountain peak, because ...

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Yudhisthira and his brothers are favored by the Kuru elders like Bhishma, Vidura Kripa and Drona over the Kauravas due to their devotion to their elders, pious habits and great aptitude in religion and military skills, and all the necessary qualifications for the greatest of the kshatriya order. Yudhisthira marries the Panchali princess Draupadi, who bears him his son Prativindya. When the Pandavas come of age, king Dhritarashtra seeks to avoid a conflict of the Pandavas with his sons, the Kauravas by giving Yudhisthira half the Kuru kingdom, albeit the lands which were arid, unprosperous and ...

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Yudhisthira is unable to refuse the challenge of Duryodhana's uncle Shakuni, and gambles away his kingdom, his wealth, his brothers and his wife. The first time all of this is returned by Dhritarashtra owing to the protests of Vidura, Bhishma and Drona, but Yudhisthira loses all of this a second time. After Krishna magically rescues Draupadi from humiliation, the brothers and their wife are obligated to spend fourteen years in exile in th ...

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Pandu, the king of Hastinapura and father of the Pandavas could not sire children as he was cursed to die by a brahmin in deer form whom he had accidently killed, if he engaged in intercourse with his wives. He was born of a boon given to Queen Kunti, who had been grant the power to invoke the Devas by Rishi Durvasa. Yudhisthira was born when Kunti invoked the Lord of Righteousness Dharma, or Yama. Being Pandu's eldest son, Yudhisthira was the rightful heir to the throne of Hastinapura, held by Pandu's blind brother Dhritarashtra. This ...

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At the end of the war, Yudhisthira and the Pandava army emerge victorious, but the sons of Draupadi and many Pandava heroes like Dhristadyumna, Abhimanyu, Virata, Drupada and many others are dead. Millions of warriors on both sides have been killed. Yudhisthira performs tarpana for the souls of the departed. Upon his return to Hastinapura, he is crowned king of both Indraprastha and Hastinapura. Out of his piousness, Yudhisthira retains Dhristarashtra as the king of the city of Hastinapura, and offers him complete respect and deference as an elder, despite his misdeeds and the evil of his dead sons.

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