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Yudhisthira's Dharma
The great battle was being fought on the plains of Kurukshetra between the armies of the Kauravas and the Pandavas. That war was a righteous war, that is to say it was fought with strict observance of the rules of war. One of the rules was that the armies after fighting during the day would rest for the entire course of the night and the hostilities would then cease till next morning.
One night Sahadeva, the youngest of the five brothers, noticed that his eldest brother, Yudhishthira, was changing into a civilian dress and a mask to hide his identity.
Sahadeva asked, "My dear brother, you are the idol of truthfulness for everyone. Why are you hiding your identity?”
Yudhishthira replied, "Every night I go to the battlefield with a disguise."
Sahadeva asked with curiosity, "But the hostilities end after the sunset. Then, what is the purpose of going to the battlefield?" Yudhishthira said, "There are the wounded warriors lying there in great pain, unattended, in dire need of water. Nourishment, medicines, loving care may relieve them from pain and sufferings. I go there to give them whatever 12 Path to Righteousness
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