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Yudhishthira

Also called: Dharmaraja

Eldest of the five Pandavas. At the start of the forest exile he stands in the Ganga and praises the Sun, who gives him a copper vessel of inexhaustible food.

Sources: The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer · see Yudhishthira's web

Relations 6

Yudhishthira received a boon from

Surya (God) · Yudhishthira praises the Sun and receives the copper vessel
The copper vessel of inexhaustible food.
Yama (God) · The Yaksha's questions
Three boons after the test.

Yudhishthira blessed

Nahusha (King) · Nahusha on Indra's throne
His answers end the serpent's curse.

Yudhishthira child of

Yama (God)
Dharma, identified with Yama as lord of justice, fathers Yudhishthira on Kunti.

Yudhishthira taught by

Dhaumya (Sage) · Yudhishthira praises the Sun and receives the copper vessel
Dhaumya teaches him the 108 names of the Sun.

Yudhishthira tested by

Yama (God) · The Yaksha's questions
As Dharma in the form of a Yaksha, at the lake.

Stories 4

Nahusha on Indra's throne
From the epics · as ends the curse (Vana) · 4 tellings
Yudhishthira praises the Sun and receives the copper vessel
Festival story · as the exiled king who prays · 4 tellings
Yama, the first to die
Origin · as hears of the hall (Mahabharata) · 3 tellings
The Yaksha's questions
From the epics · as answers the questions · 2 tellings

Cited

The Mahabharata, tr. K. M. Ganguli (1883-96), sections read for the Vedic layer § vana.3 Primary text (translation)