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Legend · 2 tellings · contested
Mandavya on the stake
A sage impaled for a crime he did not commit curses the god of justice to be born as Vidura.
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.