Why would Yudhishthira always choose the timid approach?
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Why did Yudhishthira always tend to adopt the timid approach? I wouldn’t use the word timid because it has a negative connotation. I would say it is the word non-confrontationalist approach.
So if you see, Kshatriya is not like a stereotype. Even on Kshatriyas there is variety. So if there is a situation of confrontation, if you see, Yudhishthira is at one extreme and Bhima is at the other extreme.
Instead of confrontation, try to avoid it as much as possible. So Yudhishthira is more of a Brahminical Kshatriya. Kshatriya, but the Brahminical disposition is more in him.
Whereas Bhima, you could say is a Kshatriya Kshatriya. Kshatriya squared. So he is itching for a conflict.
Come on, you did this, I will show you. But even then, he also follows dharma to deal with the situation. But each person has his own nature.
And they will act according to their nature. So Yudhishthira felt that the issue could be resolved by these tolerance. And that’s why he tried to tolerate.
But then when it worked out, that issue could not be resolved. And he also committed to the path of… So it’s not, it’s just a personality type. And in that particular situation, that strategy did not work.
But that does not mean that that approach itself is wrong. By his personality type, he took that approach. But Duryodhana was so obstinate that it didn’t work out.
Isn’t it so?