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==Summary of the Prose==

==Summary of the Prose==

 

The enchanted pool is a part of the great indian epic 'Mahabharata' narrataed by saint Vyasa. The pandavas are sent to an exile of 13 years by thier own cousin brother, Duryodhana. During the exile, the pandavas feel thirsty and start looking for a pool. Sahadeva, the youngest pandava finds a pool and as soon as he is going to drink water from it, the yaksha who owns the pool forbids him from doing so. Sahadeva neglects his warning and drinks. As a result of this, he falls down unconcious. One by one, the other three pandavas come searching for him. They too fall into the same trap and fall unconcious. The eldest pandava, Yudhisthira reaches the pool in search of his brothers. On hearing the warning, he doesnt drink from the pool. He agrees to answer the yaksha's questions in exchange of his brothers' lives. Yudhisthira's answers pleases the yaksha and he returns back the lives of the unconcious pandavas. In reality, the yaksha was God Yama himself who had created this scenario to test the dharma of Yudhishira.

This lesson is an extract from 'The Mahabharata'.It reflects the character of Yudhishthira, the Dhram Raj; his patience, kindness,love for his brothers and intelligence.He pleases Yaksha by giving satisfactory answers to his questions.The Yaksha was pleased with Yudhishthira's impartiality.The Yaksha was 'Yama' the lord of Death who had taken the form of Yaksha to see Yudhidhthira and test his knowledge. Being satisfied with his answers he blessed him and disappeared.

 

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==Text of the Prose==

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