The stories of Mahabharata. Godhuhan's recovery from a severe depression and his decision to perform the Vaishnava

Yagna. One night, Judishir had a strange dream. He saw, he was standing amongst a herd of deer. The deer were crying and praying to him. They said,

O King, we are the last few surviving deer of this Taitavena forest.

Your mighty brothers have killed most of us for food.

We pray to you to spare us and let our tribe grow.

Yiddishir woke up and felt pity for the deer in the forest. Since the Pandavas arrived, they have been hunting deer for their meat,

but Yiddishir didn't realize that due to their prolonged stay in this forest,

the dwindling deer population is on the verge of extinction. He called his brothers and told them about his dream. He said,

we have one year and eight more months to leave in the forest and deer meat is what we need to survive. So I have decided to leave

the Itavana and spare the deer in this forest. We would go back to Kam Mik one and spend the rest of our exile there.

Kammika one has a large tier population and should be enough to sustain us for the period.

The Pandavas moved back to the Kamaka forest and built their hermitage.

After completing their 11th year,

one day, the great Rishi Vyasa visited them.

After the customary greetings, the Pandavas gathered around him to listen to his wisdom.

Vyasa then narrated the story of Rishi Muddgal.

In Krukhatra lived a sage named Muddkale.

He followed a severe path of penance and asceticism.

He wouldn't consume anything that wasn't necessary for minimal sustenance for himself and his family.

Just like a bird, he would collect and eat the grains left in the fields after harvesting and that too only once every 15 days.

On full moon and new moon days he would perform the fire sacrifice while his wife would cook the

grains in a magic pot.

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