Yaksha Prashna

Yama:     What is heavier than earth, higher than heavens, faster than the wind and more numerous than

                straws?

Dharma: One's mother is heavier than the earth; one's father is higher than the mountains. The mind is faster 

                wind and our worries are more numerous than straws. 

Yama:     Who is the friend of a traveler? Who is the friend of one who is ill and one who is dying?

Dharma: The friend of a traveler is his companion. The physician is the friend of one who is sick and 

                a dying man's friend is charity. 

Yama:     What is that which, when renounced, makes one lovable? What is that which is renounced makes 

                happy and wealthy?

Dharma: Pride, if renounced makes one lovable; by renouncing desire one becomes wealthy; 

                and to renounce avarice is to obtain happiness.

Yama:     What enemy is invincible? What constitutes an incurable disease? What sort of man is noble

                and what sort is ignoble?

Dharma: Anger is the invincible enemy. Covetousness constitutes a disease that is incurable. He is 

                noble who desires the well-being of all creatures, and he is ignoble who is without 

                mercy. 

Yama:     Who is truly happy? What is the greatest wonder? 

Dharma: He who has no debts is truly happy. Day after day countless people die. Yet the

                living wish to live forever. O Lord, what can be  greater wonder?

(Source: Chapter 24  of Complete Mahabharatha collection of Amar Chithra Katha)