AT the gate of Heaven, the old king Yudhistira, kind, honest Yudhistira, was refused entry. The entire earth was in shock to hear this: can one believe in the promise of justice in the afterlife?

Humans had been asking this question for centuries, but the gods had paid no heed. God did not answer.

But what happened that day was extraordinary. Many people consider this the most moving scene in the Mahabharata.

Yudhistira was refused entry into