Yaksha : Who is really a helpful companion? Yudhisthira: Steady intelligence is a very good friend and can save one from all dangers. Yaksha : How can one acquire something very great? Yudhisthira : Everything desirable can be attained by the performance of austerity. Yaksha : What is amrita (nectar)? Yudhisthira : Milk is just like nectar. Yaksha : What is the friend bestowed upon man by the demigods? Yudhisthira : Wife is such a friend. Yaksha : What is the best of happiness? Yudhisthira : True happiness comes as a result of contentment. Yaksha : Why does one give in charity to brahmanas, artists, servants and kings? Yudhisthira : For religious merit, prestige, maintenance and protection, respectively. Yaksha : Why does one forsake friends? Yudhisthira : Lust and greed drives one to forsake friends. Yaksha : What is the only food? Yudhisthira : The cow is the only food, for the milk that she produces is used to make ghee, which is used to perform sacrifices, pleased by which the dem...