Aranyaka Parva›Kuvalashva Slays the Daitya Dhundhu

Yudhishthira Asks About the Daitya's Origin

Why "Minor"?

Causal ReachTop 97%

Character WeightTop 97%

State ChangeTop 98%

Narrative RecallTop 50%

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Markandeya finishes telling Yudhishthira about the daitya who was slain — immensely valorous, immensely strong. But Yudhishthira has not heard of him before. He wants to know everything: whose son he was, whose grandson, and how it all happened.

Markandeya finished his account. The daitya had been slain — that much was clear. But Yudhishthira sat forward. "O illustrious one," he said, "who was this immensely valorous daitya? Whose son was he, and whose grandson? I wish to know all this. I have not heard of this immensely strong daitya before. O one rich in austerities! I wish to know everything in detail — the way it occurred." The question was simple. But the answer would reach back to the beginning of things — to the cosmic ocean, to the waking of Vishnu, to the two danavas who had never been defeated until they chose to be. Markandeya began to speak.

Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 491