PURPOSE This study analyzes the virtues of Non-cruelty and Pity in the Parrot Episode of Mahabharata and interprets whether a short animal fable is extended to the worldview of Yudhisthira. In particular, attention was paid to the fact that the virtue of Non-cruelty reduces social cruelty, and Pity suggests solidarity with social empathy.
CONTENTS In the parrot episode dealt with in this study, those with Non-cruelty and the bhakti of devotion as a virtuous person, and their outstanding personality characteristics are defined as ‘Pity’. The reason Bhishma taught the parrot episode to Yudhisthira was that he wanted the relationship between the parrot and the tree to be extended and applied within the relationship between the king and the people. This aids Yudhisthira in establishing the standard for social dharma as a king through the parrot's exemplary case.
RESULTS The parrot episode shows the wisdom of peace and happiness, living with Pity in the bond and relationship while taking the moral of Non-cruelty. This narrative examines that Mahabharata pursues a philosophy of consideration for the socially weak and an emotional ethics through two virtues.