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)