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The Yaksha Prashna (IAST: yakṣa praśna), also known as the Dharma Baka Upakhyana (the Legend of the Virtuous Crane) or the Akshardhama, is the story of a question-and-answer dialogue between Yudhishthira and a yaksha in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Devkhal Jheel (Maithili: देवखाल झील) is an ancient lake believed to be the location where the dialogues between Yaksha and Yudhishthira took place in the epic Mahabharata. [1] It is also known as Devkhal Chaur. [2] [3] [4]
The Yaksha challenged the brothers to answer his moral questions before drinking the water; the four Pandavas laughed and drank the water anyway. As a result, they choked on the water and died. Yudhishthira went in last, answered many questions put forth to him by the Yaksha.
In the Yaksha Prashna, Dharmadeva (Yama) appears as a yaksha (nature spirit) in the form of a crane to question Yudhishthira and test his righteousness. Impressed by Yudhishthira's strict adherence to dharma and his answers to the riddles posed, Yama reveals himself as his father, blesses him, and brings his younger Pandava brothers back to life.
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The five Pandava brothers, mentioned in the Mahabharata, are said to have stayed here for a large part of their exile. [7] The complex is traditionally believed to be the site where the Pandava brothers were challenged by a yaksha before being able to drink from the pond. [2] Four of the brothers failed and were rendered lifeless by the yaksha.
A yaksha, who is an incarnation of Bodhisattva Kannon, gives a sermon to folks. In Buddhist literature, the yakṣa are the attendants of Vaiśravaṇa , the guardian of the northern quarter, a beneficent god who protects the righteous.
[13] [14] For example, this portrays Yaksha Prashna, a series of riddles posed by a nature-spirit to Yudhishthira, [13] and, in the third book, the story of Ashtavakra. Ashtavakra is the son of one Kahoda, who loses a wisdom-contest to Bandin and is drowned in consequence.