<!--QuoteBegin-Hyagriva+May 18 2007, 12:27 AM-->QUOTE(Hyagriva @ May 18 2007, 12:27 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->For highly realised souls, very near to the object of realisation, Dharma becomes an impediment, they have to reject Dharma and TRANSCEND it, because Dharma belongs to this realm.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Hyagriva+May 18 2007, 12:27 AM-->QUOTE(Hyagriva @ May 18 2007, 12:27 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Similarly, Yudhistra was given a chance by Lord Krishna to stop giving supreme allegiance to Dharma, give up his high stool and just spontaneously do whatever is to be done for the SOLE PLEASURE OF THE LORD.
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Awesome explanation! Thanks Hyagriva.
Yudhishthira represented Dharma personified. He was not known as Dharmaraj without a reason. He sacrificed all for Dharma, but Dharma for nothing. And yet, as explained above, Dharma has to be transcended too!
Above is close to the discourse in Adi Parva given to Yudhisthira when he was a young and tender student.
Mahabharata relates, that when young Puru princes were learning under Guru Drona, once Bheeshma/Dhritrashtra asked for the progress of the princes. Drona reported that all others were doing well, except for Yudhisthira, who was not able to learn satisfactorily and was falling behind others in the lessons. Surprised, Bheeshma went to councel the young boy to diagnose the problem. When asked, what was the trouble, Yudhishthira explained he was having trouble with the first lesson, and could not yet learn that. Not having perfected the first lesson, he was unable to proceed to the next, he said. The first lesson was 'satyam vad dharmam char' -'speak truth and follow the dharma', and Yudhishthira had taken it upon himself that until he perfected this, he would not move on.
Such was Yudhishthira's insistence upon Satya and Dharma. But one has to transend ALL, and finally Sri Krishna helped him do that.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Hyagriva+May 18 2007, 12:27 AM-->QUOTE(Hyagriva @ May 18 2007, 12:27 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Similarly, Yudhistra was given a chance by Lord Krishna to stop giving supreme allegiance to Dharma, give up his high stool and just spontaneously do whatever is to be done for the SOLE PLEASURE OF THE LORD.
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Awesome explanation! Thanks Hyagriva.
Yudhishthira represented Dharma personified. He was not known as Dharmaraj without a reason. He sacrificed all for Dharma, but Dharma for nothing. And yet, as explained above, Dharma has to be transcended too!
Above is close to the discourse in Adi Parva given to Yudhisthira when he was a young and tender student.
Mahabharata relates, that when young Puru princes were learning under Guru Drona, once Bheeshma/Dhritrashtra asked for the progress of the princes. Drona reported that all others were doing well, except for Yudhisthira, who was not able to learn satisfactorily and was falling behind others in the lessons. Surprised, Bheeshma went to councel the young boy to diagnose the problem. When asked, what was the trouble, Yudhishthira explained he was having trouble with the first lesson, and could not yet learn that. Not having perfected the first lesson, he was unable to proceed to the next, he said. The first lesson was 'satyam vad dharmam char' -'speak truth and follow the dharma', and Yudhishthira had taken it upon himself that until he perfected this, he would not move on.
Such was Yudhishthira's insistence upon Satya and Dharma. But one has to transend ALL, and finally Sri Krishna helped him do that.