Ruru

Published on 6th January, 2019, in Mid-day. In the Mahabharata, we come across two very interesting stories: in one, the husband saves his wife's life; in the other, the wife saves her husband's life. The first story is of Ruru and Priyamvada. Ruru's beautiful wife, Priyamvada, died at an early age. Distraught, Ruru performed penance and invoked Yama, the god of death, and begged Yama to resurrect his wife. After Ruru's great persistence, Yama decided to negotiate. Yama conveyed that if Ruru would give him half his life, he would give that half to Priyamvada. Thus, they could live together for a few more years. ..