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Who cursed yama to be born as vidura

  1. kapila

  2. vashishta

  3. viswamitra

  4. mardanya
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Explanation

Sage Mandavya (not Mardanya - this is likely a spelling error in the question) cursed Yama (the god of death/dharma) to be born as Vidura on Earth. The story goes that Mandavya was impaled by thieves but remained alive in meditation. When Yama mistakenly declared him dead, the sage cursed him to be born as a human. This curse resulted in Yama's incarnation as Vidura, the wise half-brother of Dhritarashtra and Pandu, born to a maid servant. The name Mardanya appears to be an error or variant not found in standard texts.

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