The Yaksha asked,—‘Who is truly happy? What is most wonderful? What is the path? And what is the news? Answer these four questions of mine and let thy dead brothers revive.’ Yudhishthira answered,—‘O amphibious creature, a man who cooketh in his own house, on the fifth or the sixth part of the day, with scanty vegetables, but who is not in debt and who stirreth not from home, is truly happy. Day after day countless creatures are going to the abode of Yama, yet those that remain behind believe themselves to be immortal. What can be more wonderful than this? Argument leads to no certain conclusion, the Srutis are different from one another; there is not even one Rishi whose opinion can be accepted by all; the truth about religion and duty is hid in caves: therefore, that alone is the path along which the great have trod. This world full of ignorance is like a pan. The sun is fire, the days and nights are fuel. The months and the seasons constitute the wooden ladle. Time is the cook that is cooking all creatures in that pan (with such aids); this is the news.’

In plain words: The Yaksha asks four final questions to bring back Yudhishthira's dead brothers. Yudhishthira says the happy person eats simple food at home and owes no debt; the greatest wonder is that people see others die every day yet act as if they will live forever; since arguments and scriptures disagree, the path is to follow the way great people walked; and the news is that Time is cooking all creatures, using the sun as fire and days and nights as fuel.