Hasthinapur was ruled by Dhridharashtra, whose wife was Gandhari. Dhridarashtra's Brother Pandu had Kunti and Madhri as his wives. All the three women were expecting child to be born at the same time.
When time came, Kunti begot Yudhishtra. However, Gandhari didn't deliver the baby well beyond the expected time. She then hurt herself in a rage of anger over herself and delivered a hard ball kind of flesh. This flesh was divided into 100 pieces and put into 100 pots filled with ghee and kept covered under high care as per the advise of sage Vyasa. Vyasa assured that she would get 100 children from those pots at end of an year.
Dhridarashtra wa not able to count on this completely. He began to fear that if, those pieces of flesh didn't turn to children, then the kingdom ruling authority would go over to the kids of Pandu. To keep the ruling clan he got a child thru the maid of Gandhari, Sugadha. The child was named Yuyutsu.
Though Yuyutsu was born and brought up with the Kauravas, he was always very righteous. He couldn't however come away from them. He began to work as informer of Pandavas.
Once Dhuryodhana tried to kill Bheema by poisoning water that he was to drink. Yuyutsu came to the rescue by alerting Bheema about the plot.
Yuyutsu, then became friends with Pandavas, when he opposed the act of insulting them and Draupadi in the court. He then battled for Pandavas during the Kurukshethra war.
When Krishna left to Gholokha, all the Pandavas were ready to go along. Before retiring, they gave the rule to Parikshit and made Yuyutsu the supervisor of affairs for the kingdom.
We learn from Yuyutsu that wherever we are being righteous is important.
Sathyameva Jeyathe !!
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