When something terrible happens, our first instinct is to find someone to blame. A person. A situation. A mistake. Someone must be responsible. But what if the truth is far more complicated? What if the person standing in front of us is only a small part of a much larger chain of events? After the devastating war of Mahabharata, Yudhishthira was drowning in guilt. He believed he was responsible for the deaths of countless people. Seeing his pain, Bhishma Pitamah told him a remarkable story about a grieving mother, a snake, Death itself, and the mysterious law of karma. The lesson hidden within this story remains as powerful today as it was thousands of years ago.
