Mahabharata Episode 33: The Virtuous Butcher And Draupadi’s Advice

The Stories of Mahabharata

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4.8 • 914 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2016

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Rishi Kaushik and the Bird

When asked to talk about the virtues of a woman, Rishi Markandeya tells Yudhistira how a housewife advised Rishi Kaushik about the ways of life and led Kaushik to meet the butcher of Mithila to learn about Dharma. We also hear Draupadi advise Krishna's wife Satyavama about how a woman should treat her husband and gain his loyalty.

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0:00.0	The stories of Mohabharata retold by Shudipha Bomik. the story of
0:14.0	of my mind.
0:19.0	to your friends to another episode of The Stories of Mahabharata.
0:27.2	In the last episode we heard the story of Matsia
0:31.4	or Fish Avatar and about the cosmic cycle of creation and destruction. You did she was say? Yiddishirah said, Lord Markandir, please tell us about the virtues of a woman.
1:01.0	Markandir said, let me tell you a story.
1:05.0	In the olden days, there lived a Rishi named Kausik.
1:12.0	One day, while he was studying the scriptures, a crane flew over
1:18.9	him and defecated on the Rishi's head.
1:22.2	The angry Rishi looked up at the bird and his
1:27.4	glowing eyes killed the crane instantly. The bird dropped from the sky and fell at the wishy's feet.
1:37.0	Looking at the dead bird, Koshik felt bad.
1:42.0	He should have controlled his anger, he thought.
1:47.0	Later one day Rishik Kowshik went to beg for arms in a village. He stood in front of a house and prayed for
1:58.1	arms. The lady of the house asked him to wait and went inside to get some rice and vegetables for the Rishi.
2:07.4	In the meantime, her husband came back from work and the woman got busy taking care of him. She forgot about the beggar
2:15.6	waiting at the door. Later when she remembered she rushed to the door to serve the
2:21.3	Ritchie. She said, pardon my delay, I was busy serving my husband. The
2:28.0	Rishi was furious. How dare you keep me waiting? Don't you know a Brahmin's rage can destroy the world?
2:37.0	The woman said,
2:39.0	Control your anger, Rishi.
2:42.0	I am not a bird that you can kill with your life. Control your anger, Rishi.
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