Aranyaka Parva›The Pride and Fall of Yavakrita

Yavakrita Continues to Injure Rishis

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Causal ReachTop 96%

Character WeightTop 100%

State ChangeTop 98%

Narrative RecallTop 50%

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Yavakrita spoke sweetly to his father, promising to honour Raibhya. But the promise was only words. Feeling fearless, he continued to take great pleasure in causing injury to other rishis — unchanged by the story he had just heard.

Yavakrita had replied to his father in sweet words. He had promised to honour Raibhya as he honoured his own father. He had heard the story of Medhavi — the boy who thought himself invulnerable and died when the mountains that held his life were shattered. But the words were only words. Having nothing to fear — or believing he had nothing to fear — Yavakrita continued as before. He took great pleasure in causing injury to other rishis. The warning had been given. The story had been told. And Yavakrita, filled with the power of his boons, did not change.

Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 433