Mahabharata Reading Notes Part D

 The Forest and its Ghosts


  • Many years had passed and a day came when Yudhishthira and his brother and their wife Draupadi adventured to the homage of their elders 
  • They found they were there to save Vidura who had departed to a sacred place on the banks of the Ganges River to wait for Yama, the god of death
  • Many people went to find Vidura but when they came to him, he was aged and starved 
  • They all waited beside him while died and mourned tougher 
  • The great sage Vyasa then appeared and said to the people that if they should bathe in the river at sunset, their dead loved ones will appear throughout the night 
  • As the sun went down, they chanted mantras and went into the river 
  • The waters began to heave and foam, and Vyasa spoke holy words and called out the names of the dead
  • All of the heroes who had been slain appeared one by one 
  • Drums and trumpets were sounded and it looked as if the armies of the Pandavas and Kauravas were once again ready for battle 
  • The ghosts crossed the river and were welcomed by those who waited 
  • The night passed and when dawn began to break, the dead had to bid their farewells 
  • Vyasa told wives who had lost their husbands that if they wished to join their husbands, they could
    
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