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Retold from the Mahabharata
In Hindu mythology, Yayati, the son of Nahusha, is depicted as one of the wisest and noblest rulers of the times. Such was his knowledge that even Indra, king of the celestials, held him in esteem. His encounter with Devayani and later with Sharmishtha, the Asura princess is one of the most romantic episodes of the Mahabharata. It is significant that a woman in those days enjoyed the right to choose the man she wanted to marry, a right that Devayani exercised when she chose Yayati.
Yayati found wisdom the hard way. Though the study of the scriptures undoubtedly molded his character, he learnt the truth of the maxims by his own experience. The scriptures uphold restraint and self-control as prerequisites of self-realization. By experience, Yayati realized that happiness, peace of mind and contentment elude those who make no effort at self-control in the misguided belief that cravings of the body run themselves out in the course of time; and that the best course is not to resist but to yield.
In portraying the characters of this late from the Mahabharata, we have deviated slightly from the original for our young readers.
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