Vyasa

Vidhata

Supporting

Appears in 2 substories

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Major

Ch. 328

Draupadi Reproaches Yudhishthira for His Adherence to Dharma

Draupadi watches Yudhishthira suffer in the forest while Suyodhana rules in prosperity, and her faith in dharma shatters. She delivers a blistering speech questioning why his lifelong devotion to righteousness has not protected him, and recounts an ancient tale that paints the supreme god as a capricious child playing with beings like toys.

Minor

Ch. 422

Pilgrimage Plan with Krishna and Pandavas

The speaker declares that the twins, Bhimasena, Krishna, and all of them will go together — lean and extremely ascetic — to the sacred stream of Indra, where Dhata, Vidhata, and Varuna ascended. The group is committed to journeying to Mount Archika and the Yamuna, where many sacrifices have been performed and which banishes fear of sin.