The last journey of Pandavas.
The Pandavas heard the news of the death of
Krishna and lost all interest in the
life of this world and started to go to different temples and on pilgrimage and
finally went to Himalayas. Before going they crowned Parishath the son of Abimanya who
alone escaped the sure death by Aswathaama by the grace of Krishna who prevented
his death in the womb of Abhimanyu’s wife, Uthira and was born as a black baby and
called Parishath, as the king and left
for pilgrimage.
One dog also accomplished them. One by them they climbed the
Himalayas and on the way one by one fell down and died except Yudhishtra and
the dog.
Then Indra, the King of Devas came
with an aircraft and asked Yudhishtra to
climb on it to go to heaven in his own
human body. But Indra stopped the dog when it started to climb the aircraft
saying that the dog should not come to heavens as it was banned to enter the
heaven.
Yudhishtra then refused to come
to heaven without the dog. Indra was happy and told Yudhishtra that he was
tested to find his love and care for all as the dog was nothing but the DHARMA
(justice) god and the dog just
vanished.
Yudhishtra then climbed on the craft and went to heaven and found all
the bad Kauravas sitting and enjoying there while he could not find his
brothers and other Pandavas. He asked for them and was told that they were all
in hell. So he went to the hell and it was so hot, dirty and foul smelling and
people there suffering innumerable punishments. He saw his friends, brothers
and all others there suffering the horrible conditions of the hell. He was so
badly shaken and hence refused to go to heaven and wanted to remain with his clan and
relatives in the hell. Then Indra told him that he was again tested and that it
was not hell but heaven.
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