Hinduism - why and what was the need for yama dharma to come in yaksha roopa to question yudhishtra ?

Question

please understand my question.

i don't want questions and answers between yaksha and yudhishtra.
i don't want why yudhishtra answers yaksha's questions.

I WANT;

what was the need or reason to yama dharma to come in yaksha roopa ?
what was the need and why he made the 4 brothers to die.?
Finally, yamadharma asked yudhistra to sleep behind the dead body of sahadeva, why he said to sleep behind the body of sahadeva for a while ?

please read my question again, understand it and then answer.

Answer 1

1) This variation does not exist in the Vyasa Bagavan’s Mahabharata. Yamadharma came there only to test Yudhistra for his Knowledge and Wisdom. There is no Kaalaka Muni episode.



2) Villi Bharatham:



(i) This following variation is from 'Villi Bharatham' (வில்லி பார‌த‌ம்) a Tamil poetic translation of Mahabharata by Villiputhur Alwar (வில்லிபுத்தூ‌ர் ஆழ்வார்).



Duriyodana, Duchatana, Sakuni and Karna requested one sage Kaalaka Muni to perform a yagna to kill Pandavas. A demon came out at the end of the evil yagna. The demon was ordered to kill Pandavas. The demon told Kaalaka Muni that he can kill by eating Pandavas alive. The Demon added that if he could not find Pandavas alive on that day he would come back and eat the Kaalaka muni.



Yamadharma after knowing this wanted to save Pandavas. He made a big plan. He took a form of deer and took away the deer-skin of a Brahmin in the forest. The Brahmin sought the help of Pandavas. The Pandavas ran after the deer. The deer vanished afterwards. Yamadharma made the poisoned-water pond and all the four younger Pandavas died after taking water, not obeying the words of Yakshan (Yamadharma).



When Yudhistra was about to come near the pond he lost his consciousness due to excess heat and fell like dead. The Demon came then and recognized Yudhistra, the eldest of Pandavas. Thinking him as not alive, the demon walked to the pond and saw the other dead four Pandavas. The demon understood the reason correctly that they died of drinking the poisoned- water of the pond. The demon thought that his aim was to eat Pandavas alive but they were already dead. He returned back and ate Kaalaka Muni alive.



Yamadharma got back his consciousness because he fell under a sandalwood tree due the over heat subsidized. Then he answered all the questions (around 123 questions) and all the four came alive. The Yamadharma informed them the evil mind of Duriyodana & other three, the evil yagna, the demon, the end of Kaalaka Muni and on the vanished deer.



3) Here in Villi Bharatam, Yamadharma did not ask Yudhistra to sleep behind the dead body of Sahadeva. Probably it may be a third version and it is also a clever plan!



4) Reference, Books, Personal Collection:



(i) Villi Bharatham, (Original Tamil Poetic Version), Arumuga Navalar edition, Vidyanupalana Yantra Sala, Chennai, Eleventh Edition, Year Publication, 1922, Pages 177 to 184 (நச்சுப்பொய்கைச்சருக்கம், poison-pond chapter), Total pages 416



(ii) ‘Villi Bharatha Vachanam (Tamil Prose order Villi Bharatham), M V Govindaraja Iyengar, Vasan Bookstore, Ananda Vikatan press, Year Publication, 1929, Pages 304 to 316, Total Pages 736.

Answer 2

Friend,



The very way you framed your question is some what not acceptable.I don`t want this , I don`t want that..etc as if you know all those things or do not intend to know those things Gos knows.



If you Really KNOW THE Q & A Between the Yudhuistara and Yaksha (Yama) , then how did you know all those dharmas and dharma Sukshmas.If that Episode was not there in Mahabharata , by Vedavyasa Sage, how on earth one can know all those so easily in understandable way?



So in order that people know and learn about the Sanatana Dharma and Dharma Sukshmas the Yama came in that shape



All episodes of Dharma in puranas and upanishads and Epics are for that purpose only



All can not read Vedas and understand them,similarly Upanishads.So How can Dharma and Dharma Suukshmams can be made to be known and understood by all the people in society literate and illiterate of all Varnas. and other people, if they are not conveniently conveyed in puranic style , in some parables and other upaakyaanas.This is one such.



regarding Sahadeva and Yudhistara asked to sleep etc I have not read any where.

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Answer 3

Its God's leela or play to teach the mankind and to make them aware of certain truths of life.



The Best Answere In Conversation Between Yaksh And Yudhisthir :



Yakhsh : Who is the happiest person in the world ?



Yudhishthir : Who is free from all debts.





I posted and discussed this question in yahoo and have to delete that.Westerns never come to know the depth of this Yudhishthir's answer.They always find happiness in lust , sex , money , greed , arrogance and at last suffers in old age when their death is near and doomed to Hell.They were making fun and telling me bank loan schemes for debts and loans.Actually , this all conversation happens just to teach the mankind.

Answer 4

certain things dont question why/ ? simply understand that the pond was protected by some one and that some one wanted answers that too correct as per his diction, and moreover U can judge the prowess of Udishtira who was the son of yamadharma or yama himself.parents want to test the ability of their respective wards before the ultimate war.iif u are not satisfied i will come as yaksharoopa and answer

Answer 5

if not he will know that his father yama, so yama came in yaksha roopa. The four brothers was warned by yaksha not to take or drink water from the pond. They did not hear the words of yaksha, so the yaksha made them to die. why he said ? That is deva rahasya.



i know only questions and answers. it is new. sorry, what i know i answered.

Answer 6

If u think ur too smart...then just find it out urself. plus wats the point in knowing the answer to these questions?? if you just understand the answers of yudhistira to yaksha, thats good enough. remember unused knowledge and undigested food becomes poison.

Answer 7

He had to yuppa yuppa his joomie loomie on the ramalamashiminlingadingdong.