YUDHISHTHIRA: Examine me.
VOICE:
What is quicker than the wind?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Thought.
VOICE:
What can cover the earth?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Darkness.
VOICE:
Who are the more numerous, the living or the
dead?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
The living, because the dead are no longer.
VOICE:
Give me an example of space.
YUDHISHTHIRA:
My two hands as one.
VOICE:
An example of grief.
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Ignorance.
VOICE:
Of poison.
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Desire.
VOICE:
An example of defeat.
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Victory.
VOICE:
Which animal is the slyest?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
The one that man does not yet know.
VOICE:
Which came first, day or night?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Day, but it was only a day ahead.
VOICE:
What is the cause of the world?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Love.
VOICE:
What is your opposite?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Myself.
VOICE:
What is madness?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
A forgotten way.
VOICE:
And revolt? Why do men revolt?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
To find beauty, either in life or in death.
VOICE:
What for each of us is inevitable?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Happiness.
VOICE:
And what is the greatest marvel?
YUDHISHTHIRA:
Each day, death strikes and we live as though
we were immortal. This is what is the greatest marvel.
(Peter Brook Edition)