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From the epics · 2 tellings · contested

The Yaksha's questions

Dharma, disguised as a Yaksha guarding a lake, strikes down four Pandavas and restores them when Yudhishthira answers his questions and chooses fairly.

Yudhishthira, Yama, Arjuna, Bhima

Pan-India