Why Did Yudhishthir Give the Same Answer for Seven Days?

A brief teaching from Pujya Maharaj Ji — watch the video above to hear the full discourse.

The Full Discourse

Once, Dronacharya Ji told everyone: learn one thing — even if someone beats you, you should not become angry. Learn this if you want to follow the supreme path. If you want to walk the path of the great ones, then even if someone beats you, you should not become angry. Have you learned? He asked everyone: what did you learn? Even if someone beats us, we should not become angry. He asked Yudhishthir Ji standing up: what did you learn? He said: I was not able to learn. Everyone recited it in unison. Why didn't you recite it? He said: I have not been able to learn, Gurudev. The next day, standing up, did you learn? Didn't I tell you? He said: I have not been able to learn, Gurudev.

For seven days he asked. He said: bring a stick. He delivered five or seven lashes. He asked: did you learn? He said: yes Gurudev, I have learned. That even if someone beats you, you should not become angry. He said: why do you say this now? Because you beat me and I did not become angry. So now I have learned.

I was speaking only in words before. You taught that if someone beats you, anger should not arise. You beat me — until now I had not actually experienced a beating. You beat me and anger did not arise in me. Now I have learned that even if someone beats you, there should be no anger. Dharmaraj Yudhishthir never speaks falsehood. You taught that when someone beats you, anger should not come. So first you beat me so that if anger does not arise in me, then I can truly say I have learned.

Even if someone beats you, anger should still not arise.

This text is taken from the video's auto-generated captions — it may contain errors in words. Please listen to the video for the authentic teaching.

Original video: Bhajan Marg (YouTube)