Yudhishthira has reached
the top of the mountain where he can enter into the afterlife. On his journey
up the mountain all of his brothers and their wife died from the burden of the hike.
Yudhishthira was the only one besides the dog to make it to the top of the
mountain. It is interesting that Yudhishthira even after making it to “eternal
bliss” refuses to be there because his cousins are there. His family and the Kauravas
shared such bad blood on there time on earth that Yudhishthira would rather be
in hell then with them. Yudhishthira is put through a series of tests to
determine if he is fit to entering eternal bliss “heaven”. Yudhishthira passes
all of these ethics and moral tests and makes his way through hell and does end
up ascending to heaven. Yudhishthira must have great strength and courage to be
able to pass these tests. He is often faced with the ultimatum of following the
god to the afterlife where he would be content for eternity or helping a loved
one. Yudhishthira always picks helping his loved ones over going to the eternal
bliss. “The holy life is prepared for
all the sons of men.", does this mean man as in all the worthy people on
earth or just the worthy males that live on earth. If they are excluding women
where are the women going? Do they get to go to the afterlife or is there soul trapped
after they die.
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