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Yudhishthira

Yudhishthira: who Yudhishthira is in the Mahabharata, in plain words.

The eldest Pandava, known as Dharmaraja for his truthfulness. His weaknesses are his love of dice and his sense of duty above all; he is crowned after the war and goes to heaven at the end.

See the whole story in eighteen books and the other characters.

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A retelling in our own words of a story told in many ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes. It is not a scholarly translation.