Text 9] Questions by Vidura 7
course; dayam—right share; tamah-jusanah—overwhelmed by illusion; yat—
as much as; ajata-satroh—of one who had no enemy.

TRANSLATION

Yudhisthira, who was born without any enemy, was unfairly defeated
in gambling. But because he had taken the vow of truthfulness, he went
off to the forest. When he came back in due course and begged the return
of his rightful share of the kingdom, he was refused by Dhrtarastra, who
was overwhelmed by illusion.

PURPORT

Maharaja Yudhisthira was the rightful heir to his father’s kingdom.
But just to favor his own sons, headed by Duryodhana, Dhrtarastra,
Maharaja Yudhisthira’s uncle, adopted various unfair means to cheat his
nephews of their rightful share of the kingdom. At last the Pandavas
demanded only five villages, one for each of the five brothers, but that
was also refused by the usurpers. This incidence led to the War of
Kuruksetra. The Battle of Kuruksetra, therefore, was induced by the
Kurus, and not the Pandavas.

As ksatriyas, the proper livelihood of the Pandavas was only to rule,
and not to accept any other occupation. A brahmana, ksatriya or vaisya
will not accept employment for his livelihood under any circumstances.

TEXT 9
wT a wast: = aaat
TTT ATT HT |
a aft | gaara
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THe FA AIVIGT: 119
yada ca partha-prahitah sabhayam
Jagad-gurur yani jagada krsnah
na tani pumsam amrtayanani
rajoru mene ksata-punya-lesah

yada—when; ca—also; partha-prahitah—being advised by Arjuna;
sabhayam—in the assembly; jagat-guruh—of the teacher of the world;
yani—those; jagada—went; krsnah—Lord Krsna; na—never; tani—such
words; pumsam—of all men of sense; amrta-ayanani—as good as nectar;
